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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1923
Page
8
Washington dispatch analyzes how Harding death shifts Republican race with Hiram Johnson and Albert Lasker as central figures. It traces past support, emerging issues, and possible renewed alliance between the two, suggesting future contest dynamics and strategic realignments in the 1924 nomination scene.
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then call 5100. Please reach the office by 4 30 p m for a replacement copy.
Florence Harding moves from the White House to Friendship, the McLean residence, with Mrs Coolidge and George Christian. She departs in mourning, declining the black veil, as she begins life at the home of Edward B. McLean while awaiting the new president’s family arrival.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday calls for generally fair conditions in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with temperatures near or slightly below normal in Washington DC and surrounding areas.
Chicago Aug. 15 United Press Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes declares plans to force the last of her defamers to clear her name as she files a 1 960 900 suit against W E D Stokes Jr the stepson who authored the My Darling Pop letter. Realtor Fral C Billig also sues Stokes for 50 000 slander.
New York reports say the United States coal commission will inform President Coolidge of the ongoing conferences to avert a Sept 1 strike. The report will state only the positions of operators and miners, with no recommendations. Miners chief Lewis remains hopeful a new contract can be reached, though a suspension is possible if talks fail by Sept. 1.
Testimony on beatings and cruelty at a Chicago truancy institution will resume before Judge Michael McKinley. Inmates described revolting treatment as three black boys testified they were unlawfully mistreated. Hearing concerns habeas corpus for release and ties to the suicide of James Wright in solitary confinement. Superintendent Fred E. Smith and two instructors were discharged.
Seattle reports from Kotzebue indicate Roald Amundsen intends a new transpolar flight from Alaska to Spitzbergen next summer. Lieutenant Oscar Omdal, who joined Amundsen at Wainwright, is due in Seattle in September to buy a replacement aircraft for the attempt.
Des Moines August 18 Mrs Nor man Luce released after local merchant Harry Cobacker refuses to file charges against her in a jewelry robbery worth 1300 dollars. Cobacker identified the woman as part of the party. Luce and her husband deny involvement while Mr Luce remains under investigation.
Three workmen died and eight were wounded in clashes between disorderly elements and police in Datteln. A steam boiler battery flooded the streets as a police commissioner and 40 security officers arrived from Recklinghausen to restore order.
Aug 18 Hong Kong reports the fiercest typhoon in history abating as two major vessels the British Saabnariag and the Loonsang sank. Many small boats destroyed, deaths feared, heroic rescues claimed as crews vanish and ships driven ashore in the massive storm.
Aug 18 report from Orange Township says the washhouse and wood shed on the E K West farm were destroyed by fire that began during laundry. Thirty neighbors helped contain the blaze until Waterloo fire department arrived, hindering spread to a large barn. The property is owned by P A Hess of Illinois.
The Knights of Khorassan held a grand ceremony in Portland with over five hundred tyros initiated at the municipal auditorium. The order will convene its 1925 convention in Providence R I. The Pythian home at Vancouver, Washington, built by Oregon and Washington lodges, will be dedicated today.
Paris reports say Poincare will not link France debt payments to Germany reparations. France aims to pay America a smaller amount while securing equal sums from class A bonds, but repudiation is denied. Ruhr reparations and entente troubles remain priorities as new talks with Britain’s Baldwin are planned.
Tulsa reports extend martial law across eight towns after rumors of widespread whipping. Near Tulsa ten leading residents were seized by military officials and detained for questioning. Deputy Sheriff Moore also held. charges filed against Bob Atkins and ER King for alleged inciting in Nox Rings. Bandits rob payroll heads to $14,500 at Cincinnati plant. pursued by another car.
United Press reports New York chemists taught Henry Ford to burn coal twice to cut car making costs. Experiments funded by Ford in a West Virginia lab show gasoline byproduct at six cents a gallon. Detroit plants will house the new process with cheaper coal in U S and Canada. Car prices may fall accordingly.
From Balboa and Los Angeles reports state 17 Marines were killed and a cruiser departed for Santo Domingo amid rumored uprisings. Navy officials in Washington sought confirmation as Rochester moved from Panama toward the Dominican coast. No official word confirmed fatalities or exact movements.
At Wartburg college in Dubuque three ninth session of the Kath eran Synod of Iowa named Rev. Br. M. Rev. Dubuque and Rev. J. Mochl to represent the synod at the world Lutherans conference in Misenach Germany in August 1926. The meeting also discussed a 5000 dollar quest for funds for synod educational institutions and Wartburg alumni officers were elected with Rev. C. A. Deekar as chair and Prof. G. Neumann as vice chairman.
California star Helen Wills defeated Mrs Melha Mallory seven time champion 6 2 6 1 to claim the American women's tennis title in a match that drew rousing ovations. The crowd surged onto the court as Wills secured the final point with a perfect placement. Umpire Eddie Conlon hurried to congratulate the winner as Mallory graciously accepted defeat and the champion's mother wept in the press box.
A Bloomington Michigan tourist reports being robbed near Lexington Nebraska by three men who stopped him, took his Ford watch and $135 in cash, and stole his touring car after holding him up with his own revolver. He notified police but the trio remains at large four miles from the next station.
J Carrick Trost, 21, a prominent choir member, killed himself with a 45 caliber revolver in the pulpit of the Capital Lutheran Church, after earlier attempting poisoning last week. His father Charles Trost arrived as the shot rang out and found the body. despondency over ill health was cited as a cause.
Sacramento August 18 The first mail order auction sale of land scrip under the 1923 land sales law was held by W S Wingsbury state surveyor general. The sale totaled 2560 acres of scrip. Under the new act buyers may purchase by correspondence and prices are fixed by the surveyor general and the state board of control.
Three men were injured when a refining still exploded at the Ranger Refining & Pipe Co. plant in Kansas City Missouri. Officials estimated damage at about $5,000. The blast sent fumes and sparks into the air as workers attempted to contain the fire.
At Brooklyn St Louis, Smith and Tay compete in a Brooklyn league clash while Boston faces Chicago in a separate Boston event. The card highlights two distinct matchups with a focus on players Smith and Tay and teams Brooklyn St Louis and Boston Chicago.
Mason City Iowa Aug 18 veterans attend final events of the Iowa American Legion convention at Mason City with the 40 and 8 societe carnival business sessions and promenade. speakers include Eivers and Mitchell. about 3 000 Iowa members and dozens staying for celebrations.
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