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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
12
Indicated debate over shortening jury terms to two weeks to ease burden on business men and farmers. Proponents say brief terms would reduce business disruption and improve participation. opponents warn about impact on longer trials. Also noted: Tabernacle chapter elects officers including G. Kohagen and TR. Buck.
Iowa suffragists report national headquarters will be leased in a Washington house once owned by prominent figures including Lers Anderson Elihu Root and Henry Phipps The building will host local organizers provide space for leading suffragists and display Susan B Anthony relics Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt will have an apartment in the building with Rev Effie McCollum Jones among the residents to support winter campaigning efforts
A Waterloo native is identified as one of the national workers who will dedicate substantial time in Washington, advocating for suffrage reform and related policy efforts. The assignment signals strong involvement by regional figures in the federal suffrage enterprise.
Governor Capper urges national unity and a Peace League to keep a single issue before the public mind. In Washington he stresses that the world must find a path to lasting peace through collective action and moral resolve.
Arthur Capper, governor of Kansas, addresses governors on a postwar plan warning against warlike choices. He warns the danger of scattering energies amid the war’s many considerations and lauds the League of Nations as a potential tool, noting its economic boycott as a powerful nonwar weapon.
Judge I B Schaeffer ruled that Misses Jona and Theda Burke breached their contracts by refusing to wear skirts as short as demanded by the manager. The judge dismissed the manager’s claim and ordered payment of their salaries. The decision cites modesty laws in Oklahoma and affects what performers may wear on stage.
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