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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
8
Negotiations between Pennsylvania anthracite miners and their employers collapsed. With the wage agreement due to end September 1, a strike appears possible unless authorities intervene. Both sides protest innocence, yet higher coal prices seem likely regardless of status of a walkout.
Washington observers favor voluntary consolidation over forced action. President Coolidge backs one merger before the Interstate Commerce Commission to aid western farmers facing high freight costs. The Nickel Plate plan is viewed as leading the way, with broad support and limited public opposition, though some minority shareholders object to pricing.
Sanborn, Aug. 5. A farmhand Gilbert Van Hest is accused of stealing 2200 from the Winch family. He allegedly bought a automobile with part of the money and returned to call on a girl who then alerted the town marshal. Van Hest is jailed awaiting grand jury action.
Residents largely favor a proposed ordinance to restrict commercial enterprises and make Cedar Heights residential only. Mayor R L Stetzer says final hearing is August 10 with anticipated council adoption. He notes existing businesses remain but new ones require consent from a number of resident property owners.
Tokio Aug 5 AP The Japanese Navy plans a 10 day October maneuvers centered on Tokyo Bay with Admiral Suzuki directing. Over 100 warships plus seaplanes and submarines will participate including battleships cruisers destroyers and other units.
Mr and Mrs Bernard L Todd of Des Moines were injured when their car, traveling at high speed, struck loose gravel on a Hidora gravel road and rolled over. The vehicle was demolished and Todd noted as the local manager for Standard Oil Company Des Moines.
John P. Looney received a sentence of one to five years in the penitentiary for assisting vice in Rock Island after a jury fixed the penalty and Judge Nels A. Larsen imposed it following a rejected appeal for a new trial. Sooner plans an appeal. Keokuk paving program advances as city council orders half a mile of permanent paving in a residential area and a previous mile of street surfacing in the business district was authorized.
The item repeats ads for Henry George St and San Felice cigars with pricing. It notes the Courier should be delivered before 6:00 pm and instructs calling 6100 before 6:30 pm to receive a copy if delivery is late.
UP I report from Faria and Ivrea describes a hurricane sweeping the Alpine valleys. Two climbers were swept away with one plunged into an abyss and the other dashed down a chasm as villagers at Monte Barone faced destruction during a feast. A woman was carried to her death in the storm’s fury.
News from Atlantic City reports the joint conference of United Mine Workers and anthracite coal operators adjourned sine die on August 5 with work suspended from September 1 unless mediation or outside influence yields a new contract. Leaders blamed wage demands and operator positions. Gov. Pinchot named as a potential mediator, President Coolidge adopting a watchful waiting stance.
Mary Pickford testified at the trial of three men accused of plotting to kidnap her and other screen figures for a $320,000 ransom. The defense moved for an acquittal, with juror tampering claims under investigation after a clipping was found with a former witness as jurors left the courtroom.
In St Louis on August 5 an unidentified man opened fire after a bank questioned a forged check. Two policemen and a deputy sheriff were wounded gravely and a bystander also injured before the shooter was trapped in a basement. All three officers were hospitalized in grave condition.
James A. Flaherty Philadelphia supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus was re-elected to a ninth two-year term at the forty third annual supreme convention, defeating Edward Sfaegerts and others. The officials were re-elected by acclamation in Duluth Minnesota.
Washington Aug 3 With recounts in 43 counties completed Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa leads Democratic challenger Daniel F Steek by 4314 votes in the unresolved Iowa senate race. Contested votes persist in Hen ry and Blanecock counties while totals from 38 counties show Brookhart with a substantial lead.
In Centerville Kentucky a district court suit filed by F E Sharp Son Harry Baker and Eagle Coal Company seeks to challenge the salaries of Jake Ritter receiver at 5000 dollars and H W Talbot manager at 4000 dollars for the gypsum plant. The action argues the compensation is excessive and was filed yesterday. The case centers on disputed unpaid notes and corporate control of the Centerville gypsum operation.
Police report fingerprints on a bottle found in an adjoining apartment tied to a bootlegger. Sheriff’s officers pinned a padlock on his door and imposed a $600 liquor tax as part of enforcement. Inflation and wartime shortages are noted in the trade receipts across 20 cities, marking higher activity than most years except 1939 through 1938 wartime spike.
George Giamas files a divorce petition in district court after being deserted seven times by his wife Mary since their marriage at Council Bluffs on January 2. The petition notes the strained marriage and seeks dissolution under state law.
An inmate named Primshar, described as Wrank Price in error, tried to slit his wrists with a blade while in custody. He shouted for help, grew weak from bleeding, and guards intervened, removing the tool and attending to him.
In Chicago Russell Scott faces a sanity hearing with jail guards testifying he is sane while defense alienists claim he is not oriented. Mrs. Catherine Scott attends as witnesses declare the condemned man sane. State prosecutors press to uphold the death sentence.
Manila report says Lieutenant J 38 Thompson, a West Point graduate, confessed to shooting 13-year-old Audrey Burleigh, daughter of a Fort McKinley officer, claiming a lieutenant salary could not sustain marriage and he did not trust her to go to America. Trial postponed to Sept. 1 for further depositions from the United States.
Firemen digging through twisted rubble recovered two bodies, bringing total deaths to five from the three story brick rooming house collapse in Kansas City yesterday. The dead include Mr. and Mrs. J An Holliday and workers William Banks and William Simpson, plus an unidentified carpenter. nearly a dozen injured as the structure was being remodeled into a cabaret.
Paris dispatch reports that ambassadors’ council instructed allied military committees to evacuate Düssel dorf, Duisburg, and Ruhrort, three German towns occupied by the allies since March 1921 after German refusal to accept the terms of the London Conference.
In Chicago during August a heavy fog caused two trolley cars on a single track to collide head on in the Calumet district. A score of passengers suffered cuts bruises and abrasions. Two motormen were badly injured with one losing a leg and the other suffering a fractured skull.
Martin Ss 19 of Kayne Ta is reported to be holding his own with good chances of recovery at Mercy hospital after falling from the third story of a downtown office building while cleaning a window. An automobile top broke his fall.
Des Moines Aug 5 Former Gov Kendall accepted civilian chairmanship for the American Legion campaign in Iowa. Gov Hammill was tendered honorary chairmanship.
Strong winds fanned 475 forest fires across Montana Idaho and Washington amid a dry season. The Kaniksu Clearwater Stone and Cour d’ Mene districts reported new blazes while the Rode Creek fire in Idaho topped 1000 acres and remained out of control. Previous fires this year in the district totaled over 1,000 with 1720 structures destroyed. A fire near Fal con Idaho crossed into Montana prompting continued evacuations and firefighting efforts.
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