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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
9
Washington expected to shape Harding’s early agenda as advisers push for rapid cabinet appointments and clear policy. Some argue quick economic relief and defined foreign aims, while others insist stabilizing relations with Europe, especially Germany’s indemnity, must come first.
Mrs Muriel I MacSwiney widow of Corks lord mayor, who died on hunger strike in Brixton prison, arrives aboard the Celtic to testify before the Committee of 100 on Irish conditions. She and sister Miss Mary MacSwiney depart quietly amid mourning crowds and a guarded parade.
President Wilson will receive Monday the committee appointed by the senate and house to notify him that Congress is in session. It is unclear if he will deliver the annual message in person as before his illness. White House officials say the message is practically complete but no details on amendments have been disclosed.
Fort Dodge Iowa reports two traffic deaths in one night. Harold Grundon, 12, was struck by a taxi, while Claude Johnson, 30, died when his car plunged 30 feet. Three passengers escaped unharmed. The incidents followed a local inquiry about a deathless spell in the city.
Two armed men held up Paul Lundembere, paymaster for Thompson Starrett Construction, and escaped with a valise containing twelve thousand dollars in pay envelopes. Less than an hour later cashier Charles McCabe was shot while three men tried to rob a bank nearby.
The paper promises delivery before 3:30 p m and offers a remedy if late. If you fail to receive it on time, call 8330 and a replacement copy will be sent. Calls should reach the office by 6:30 p m to trigger the service.
President-elect Harding docks at Hampton Roads and receives a noisy welcome from Newport News and Norfolk crowds. A 25-plane formation and naval units honor the voyage home. Harding, tanned by the tropical sun, smiles as Mrs. Harding recovers health. a shoe mishap delays the parade and he changes to high tops before the Newport News and Norfolk appearances.
Waterloo Good Fellows club calls a Monday 4 p.m. meeting at the M C A to organize this year’s work with temporary chair John Sweeney and committee members C A Morris Tope C Martin and Fred L Northey. The fund, aided by Elks lodge and Hawkeye Oil Co contributors, aims to raise 3060 to remember every worthy child at Christmas in 1920.
Dec 3 reports from Trieste and Fiume area say Gulf of Quarnero quiet with only mackerel fishermen visible. Abbazia vantage shows peaceful sea, no combat sounds, while Italian forces guard Fiume to prevent incidents. Giolitti promises calm as war risks subside.
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday indicate generally fair skies and normal temperatures across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. The forecast notes typical conditions for the period without extreme variations.
Galway county council, a Republican body, passed resolutions urging the Irish Republican Parliament to negotiate a truce and seek an honorable peace. The resolutions called for Britain to lift the ban on meetings so delegates could be appointed, and condemned the ongoing shootings burnings reprisals and counter reprisals as harmful to both England and Ireland.
London December 4 John James a survivor of the charge of Balaclava in the Crimean war died at the Chelsea Pensioners hospital from pneumonia aged 86. More than 20 Crimean veterans remain at Chelsea with their old scarlet tunics and peaked caps once popular with artists.
Des Moines reports about 3,006,000 pounds of wool in storage while Congress debates the French-Capper bill. Farm Bureau figures show world wool output near 4.8 billion pounds with the United States supplying about 31 million. Argentina leads South America wool, and UK storage also tallies.
Michael Baum, a farmer from Dubuque, was arraigned before Farley Mayor Sherman for shimmying at a Farley dance hall. He left a $25 fine plus costs after the hearing. Baum allegedly shook his hips as a fox trot began and refused to stop when urged by the town constable.
Moscow dispatch says Russian Soviet troops captured Erivan the Armenian capital on Thursday and Armenia proclaimed a Soviet republic. Old Armenian government forces join Soviet administration and Azerbaijan renounces disputed provinces. Inebon seaport control claimed by Bolsheviks and Tol Culienos seen enforcing landing bans for Turkish passengers.
In Andere Oklahoma on December 4, Mrs dake L Unmon stated she doubts Clara Smith fired the bullet that killed Mr Hamon. If Miss Smith is returned to Ardmere for trial she says she would not prosecute. Mrs Hamon also says she would accept the replacement to her husband as Republican national committeeman.
Senator Capper of Kansas proposes a 10 percent tax on futures trading in grain and cotton to curb gambling in markets. The bill targets options and boards of trade while exempting actual sellers and registered traders, with penalties for violations. Capper says the measure will end bucket shops and restore legitimate delivery, citing the bear raid’s losses to farmers and processors.
Kingston New York December 4 Judge Gilbert D B Hasbrouck of the state supreme court refused to vacate an injunction the state obtained restraining 61 railroads from raising intrastate passenger rates 20 percent as directed by an interstate commerce commission order. The increases were to take effect November 29.
A 1920 weather report from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau lists towns including Albert Lea and Mason City with cloudy to muddy conditions and near impassable dirt roads. It notes Mississippi River area travel issues and predicts generally fair weather over the next 36 hours with forest conditions improving.
Washington reports that the United States has reached the limit of concessions over the disposition of former German cables at the international communications conference. Britain may block Emden to New York cable unless kept in British hands, Italy seeks a French North Africa cable, and equal landing rights are debated with Japan over Yap and Pacific cables.
Columbus reports Ohio has the most automobile licenses issued, surpassing New York for the first time. State registrar Alexander G. Snow cites New York second, Illinois and Pennsylvania close for third, with California likely top six.
A stranger armed with a card claiming to be a plumber at former Emperor William of Germany was arrested for entering the Doorn residence in Holland. Dutch authorities hold him in Utrecht jail while they investigate the motive for his entry.
Chicago engineers replace the Weiss Street swing bridge with a double deck bascule bridge without interrupting thousands of elevated and surface line riders. The old bridge will be swung around its pier, a U shaped cut made, and the new span dropped in. final shift estimated under 14 hours.
Geneva reports show Argentine envoy Honorio Pueyrredon withdrew the delegation from the League of Nations assembly after the body refused to allow discussion or amendment of the covenant, while Argentina says it remains in the league though absent from today’s meeting. France denies challenges to Argentina’s League membership and its delegates’ authority.
Revival of a 1812 buried gold legend sparks a labor rush to clear Victoria Lawn cemetery in Pepin. A British paymaster supposedly carved his initial on a tree before being killed. In Des Moines, Mrs. W. White, pioneer daughter, dies at 63 after heart trouble. funeral to be held Monday.
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