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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
1
San Francisco Bay district workers halt building activity as the Building Trades council rank and file pushes a general strike. Early reports show broad participation with plans to widen action to an open shop dispute, while San Francisco central labor council has not approved a wider walkout.
President Gondra backs a bill granting Mennonites near total autonomy in land use, education in German, exemption from military service, and 19 years of duty-free imports. Delegates say over 4,000 Mennonites in the United States, Canada, and Russia await approval to emigrate to Paraguay’s vast uninhabited chaco lands.
Treckenridge Minn Aug 4 A Pat Brawdety 64 last week declared the fellows that made Moonshine should be shot and the fellows that drink it should shoot themselves Today his charred body awaits burial following its seizure from a burn sack into which he had crawled then set from a fire and shot himself He is said to have been drinking.
Postmaster General Hays names Dr. Lee Frankel as welfare director for the postal service cabinet. He will serve for one dollar a year and join department officials to push improvements in post office facilities nationwide.
Des Moines confrontation over jitney busses and streetcar rights continues as city officials refuse permanent licenses while merchants seek a compromise. Amid this, thousands crowd a noon circus parade as police thwart a barn hold up plot and new licensing developments unfold in Washington and London.
At the Knights of Columbus international convention Pope Benedict XV asked for aid to Italian youth. Supreme Advocate Joseph C. Pelletier from Boston announced a $1,000,000 drive to launch American welfare work in Italy, funded by member subscriptions.
Emporia Kansas reports a weather note with Bathings fall today as Commissioner Dyer revokes the rule barring bathing in more than four inches of water after two heavy rains fel.
Reports say fighting continues along a 10 mile front northeast of Yochow as forces from Hunan province allied with the Canton government clash with Hupeh forces. The engagement signals ongoing hostilities in central China amid civil conflict.
President Harding played the Mount Prospect amateur golf event on a rocky mountainside course at Canter New Hampshire. He shot 34 for nine holes in a practice round, a course record, amid informal hospitality and light banter with locals, while Secretary Weeks offered a silver loving cup to the winner.
Musa, a Swahili native who came to Oakland with Dr. L. Herrick at age 15, appeared before J J Kingston, naturalization clerk, seeking American citizenship and renunciation of loyalty to King Bogs. He now works shining shoes in Oakland and claims Musa’s desertion from King Boro.
London August 4 An invitation for an American representative to join the allied supreme council meeting in Paris next week was delivered through Col de St Alaine. United States Ambassador Harvey with a small staff will depart for Paris on Saturday.
Louis Grupp of Pittsburgh will attempt to pull 54 persons in 13 canoes for five miles on the Allegheny River from Springdale to Oakmont Sunday at 2:30 PM. He previously swam 16 1/2 miles in 1917 at a local natatorium.
Detective Quigley disclosed that Anthony Adamo was arrested with $4,000 in drugs and a pigeon used to supply imprisoned addicts. New York drug vendors reportedly trained carrier pigeons to reach Blackwell's Island inmates, with at least two earlier cases on record.
The report notes Senate votes on an agricultural port corporation measure while the Ways and Means Committee discusses tax issues. Finance Committee continues hearings on a dyestuffs embargo. A privilege committee considers Ford-Newhberry election challenges.
Rye officials defer the start of classes from September 12 to 19 to allow Rye boys to earn caddy fees at the Apawamis Seniors golf tournament. President Harding and Chief Justice Taft are expected to attend along with several hundred others.
The American Legion delivered a formal notice to President Harding urging immediate action on the adjusted compensation for veterans. Gilbert Bettman, head of the national legislative committee, warned Congress must pass the measure to meet soldiers’ demands. Bettman stated failure would leave veterans unsatisfied.
Lancaster N H August 4 The peace proclamation with the central empires once hoped to issue from Mount Prospect is postponed until after Harding’s vacation. He is set to return to Washington next Tuesday or Wednesday and will likely address the peace question first upon his return to the White House.
American coffee consumption for the year ending June 30 reached 1,281,610,596 pounds, enough for 484 cups per person. Prohibition-era figures show an increase of 21 percent or about 160 cups per person per year. World production for the year ending June 39 totaled about 2.5 billion pounds.
Mrs Mathilda Wodtkeya testified in Osseo Minnesota that her husband gave information leading to her $150 fine last week for manufacturing intoxicating liquor. She said she was glad to testify against him on the assault and battery charge brought by Mr and Mrs Fred Gigley.
The General Electric plant in Lynn Massachusetts announced a wage reduction affecting 12000 employees. The cut varies by class with unskilled workers hit hardest after management met with a workers committee to ensure continued operation of departments.
U S Attorney Hayward of New York may be summoned to Washington to discuss the seizure of the schooner Henry L Marshall as a liquor smuggler outside the three mile limit off Atlantic City. Assistant Attorney General Goff said the matter is under consideration by the department of justice.
Robbers attacked the Whitten Bank around 2 AM, blew open the safe doors but did not obtain any cash. They cut telegraph and telephone wires into town and fled in an automobile.
The International Mercantile Marine Company and its subsidiaries earned 12,782,178 in 1920, down 4,982,753 from 1919. The company’s fee surplus was listed as 30,556,970 in the annual report released today.
Three armed bandits robbed postal employee Thomas Forloda at Wood River Illinois of a registered mail pouch containing 60000 dollars part of Standard Oil payroll. The bag was consigned to First State and Savings Bank Wood River. Pursuit followed as police and a posse chased the getaway car.
Melville Reeves the skyscraper burglar has been indicted by the federal grand jury in connection with the arrest of John W. Worthington and the indictment of more than twenty others tied to recent mail robberies. Two federal agents left for a western city with a warrant for Reeves whose bond is set at 10000 dollars. Joseph Stout a Chicago broker and Alva Harschmann are named as expected state witnesses. In Chihuahua City police watch for a man resembling Warren C. Spurgin the missing Chicago banker but no match found.
Gov. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board testified before the joint congressional agricultural committee defending the farm credit system. He stated congress did not create a central bank, but the board can mobilize credits and compel reserve banks to extend credit to other banks in the system amid accusations of bias toward Wall Street speculators.
Mrs Hatfield and Mrs Chambers told reporters that Sid Hatfield and Hol Chambers were unarmed when shot on the courthouse steps in Welch McDowell county. Sid Hatfield, former Matewan police chief, faced a charge related to last year’s shooting incident in Moshawk.
Italian steamship company Navigazione Generale Italiana will directly connect Italy with Canada as U S immigration limits constrain arrivals. The first ship departed Naples for Quebec carrying Italian immigrants amid the diversion of passenger traffic to Canada.
J Walter Keller a 36 year old Philadelphia manufacturer heir and Pratt Food Co director was arrested in Grant Park Hammond Indiana on auto tampering charges police say he tried to force auto locks and a garage owner reports he bought several cars from Keller Keller is a former wartime lieutenant colonel and was described as a millionaire's son by the source.
Washington D C Aug 4 The senate subcommittee investigating the Ford Newberry senatorial election contest decided to submit questions of procedure raised by Senators Ashurst and Pomerene to the full committee on privileges and elections at a meeting tomorrow No report on the investigation will be issued until these questions are settled by the full committee
The United States learns Great Britain will accept any date chosen for the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference. Secretary Hughes notes Britain's assurance aligns with President Harding's Armistice Day date of Nov 11. Bulgaria also backs the initiative in a state department communication from Bulgaria's chargé d’affaires.
Dollie Deffendell 22 faced mal charges of murdering her mother after the body was found with a shotgun blast in woods near Heilman. Brother William 17 testified the motive was to seize household furniture for Dollie and her fiancé as they planned marriage.
Gov Len Small rests at his Kankakee home after returning from a northern Illinois road inspection tour cut short by heavy rains. He shows no plan to return to Springfield amid warrants for embezzlement while treasurer. He will travel to Chicago for Illinois Day at the Pageant of Progress, then resume the good roads tour next week.
At Allegheny Country Club near Zwickley Pa Aug 4 Woosman of the British Isles defeated Anderson of Australasia 6 4 in the first set of the singles with Anderson later taking the second 6 3 as both teams compete in the Davis Cup tournament.
Chief of Police H H Young and officers recovered property worth several hundred dollars from a residence tied to the Welch Jones gang. Items include four of six rugs from Chautauqua park, an electric sweeper from Independence, and a case of shoes from the Iowa warehouse. Police seek further loot and secured a search warrant, believing residents unaware of the items’ stolen nature.
Des Moines August 4 Earl Jack Lavelier alleged accomplice in the Stuart bank robbery escaped from the city jail at Sevannahle Missouri last night according to police Chief Saunders. Lavelier had been captured at Gay Missouri but not extradited to Iowa to face charges in the Stuart robbery as he was to be tried in Missouri on a murder charge.
In Des Moines a quiet park meeting drew about 100 Socialists addressed by Mrs Ida Crouch Hazlett of New York. Police guarded the crowd as two prior planned talks by Hazlett were broken up by police and American Legion members whose action was later disavowed.
Final warning was sent today by H. T. W. to several hundred automobile owners with 1920 taxes unpaid. Letters warned that unless settlement is made within 10 days the car will be levied on and sold for taxes due since Jan 1 1921. A penalty of 1 per month plus costs brings minimum due to seven dollars.
The Senate adopted the conference report on the packer control bill by 48 to 10 after House approval, moving the measure toward the president. Senator Kenyon of Iowa said conferees yielded to the House on most points, while Senator Norris of Nebraska did not sign the report.
Des Moines August 4 Associated Press reports railroads will file injunctions in courts soon to restrain the state executive council from collecting taxes on the increased valuation made yesterday.
Washington Aug 4 The monster British built naval dirigible ZR-2 will sail from Howden England Aug 25 for its station at Lakehurst New Jersey. Navy department announced today Naval air experts estimate the trans Atlantic run to take three to five days depending on wind and weather conditions The RZ-4 a slower airship made the Scotland to Newfoundland trip a distance of 3130 sea miles in 108 hours
Two hundred white robed Klan members paraded in Course Texas led by a horseman bearing the flag and another with the fiery cross. A banner warned that gambling and bootlegging must stop and that torlato children will be avoided.
Chicago lawyers for Buck Weaver, acquitted of conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series, say they will sue to recover salary due under his contract through 1922.
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