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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
7
A Washington interview portrays Senator Couzens as a flamboyant, publicity tolerant magnate who hustles for information, pays taxes, and unsettles wealthy rivals. The piece also notes diplomatic tensions in Cologne, Spain’s Ebanez controversy, and a harsh, chaotic view of international gas warfare and Chinese executions.
Washington columnist Mate Sullivan notes a rapid westward migration of political power in the United States since 1900, with Senate leadership and key committees increasingly located west of the Mississippi. He cites added senators from the region, the rise of the income tax, women's suffrage, and nationwide promotion as defining changes shaping the century’s first quarter.
Cable briefs report Bishop Bonco seeking removal of pontifical documents accrediting him as apostolic administrator in Buenos Aires. A hunting party at Castel Por Miano kills 107 deer for Crown Prince Humbert. Dublin notes Sinn Fein says Britain offers the Free State a 20 million pound loan if Ireland withdraws separate representation claim at the League.
The notice requests readers to ensure delivery by 5:30 p.m. and to call 5100 if the newspaper is not received or there is a carrier error. It also states calls must reach the office before 6:30 p.m. to arrange a resend.
C L McDermott city sanitary inspector reports receipt of a Christmas present of 110 dollars believed to be restitution money for goods stolen long ago. The cash was found Christmas morning in an unstamped letter in his mailbox at 27 Cascaden Street. The letter, unsigned and addressed to G L McDermott, read Please accept the inclosed from one who has taken from you wrongfully. McDermott recalls no robbery or swindle involving that amount.
A man and a woman abducted Jerry Butler, messenger for Commercial National Bank, in Kansas City Kansas this morning. They robbed him of about $1,700, forced him into a coupe, and drove off toward the fashionable district before escaping. Butler was dumped from the car as officers pursued.
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins awarded Alice Jones Rhinelander $300 a month temporary alimony as her husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander presses an annulment suit over their October marriage. He contends she is part Negro and misrepresented her race at marriage while Rhinelander faces potential millions as heir. He was also granted court costs.
Martha Essex Wolfe, 16, of an Iowa village, was declared legally wife of Earl Essex after her marriage to Gilbert Wolfe. In Tama County court she sought divorce from Wolfe, and to annul her second marriage, amid legal entanglements. She had wed Wolfe Oct 4 after divorcing her first husband.
Hobart Oklahoma reports a long trench in the cemetery holds 21 victims of Christmas Eve fire at Balth's schoolhouse. Twenty more bodies in a separate grave are awaiting burial as mourners and ministers conduct a community service under lantern and car headlight glare.
The biennial report from the South Dakota state board of health shows births in the state totaled 31,662 over two years. It records 19,5175 marriages, 12,045 divorces, and 1,363 citizenship declarations, with 87, and 0 other entries, during the two years ending June 46, 1424, per the Press.
Clinton Iowa reports the third cold wave in two weeks caused the death of John T Melowall a prominent Clinton county farmer who was found frozen to death this morning in his car east of Delmar.
Weather outlook for Washington D C begins Monday with rising temperatures into Tuesday then colder latter half of the week. Expect considerable cloudiness with probable snow about Tuesday and again near week’s end. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri regions show similar warming then cooling trends.
A distressed neighbor reports a 16 year old girl from Athenoland drank poison seeking thrill and died. Parents say she may have misused a toxic substance during a dangerous game. Authorities investigate. the incident occurred near a neighbor’s home with quick medical response.
Mrs Marie Clark 18 rode the Knickerbocker special 12 miles through gore weather after a collision with an automobile. She learned her mother in law was killed and her husband may die from injuries. Braving exposure she clung to the pilot as the train sped 60 miles an hour, then was thrown from the engine into a snow ditch unconscious.
James Connor, longtime Osage resident born November 12 1842 in Brome Canada, died Christmas at his Osage home. He arrived with his brother Fred from Stoughton Wisconsin driving a sheep herd and later settled six miles southwest of Orchard. Survived by widow four children three sisters six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. His parents settled in Stoughton Wisconsin when he was eight.
San Mesa Cal Dec 27 The bodies of two sailors identified as additional victims of the La Moyne Wer shore boat disaster were recovered yesterday raising the known death toll to four. The bodies were found in the water and identified as J A Kee electrician third class US Navy New Mexico and RA Fl biieh seam sengnd eliss O 5 8 New Mexico.
The solar eclipse of December 24 follows a path starting near Red Lake Minnesota and ending near the Shetland Islands. Central line crosses Lake Michigan and Lake Huron area then moves across Ontario toward Buffalo and New Haven. Low sun altitude and late season limit extensive study.
A diplomat to the United States faced censure after a Washington address urging a moratorium on war debt. The matter, linked to a $4,000,000 debt, was raised by a spokesman for President Coolidge. Officials discussed further action with senior aides as the issue moved to higher authorities.
Jurors in the McCoy murder trial remain deadlocked after a second day of deliberations on the fate of ex prizefighter Kul McCoy. The panel, composed of six women and three men, paused for a lengthy session and resumed in a downtown hotel under guard as prosecutors seek agreement on whether McCoy killed Mrs. Teresa Mors in her Los Angeles apartment. The case hinges on testimony including McCoy’s sister Jennie Thomas and the apron with supposed stab wounds tied to the killing.
Weather forecast from Washington area reports a sharp temperature swing with 41 degree drop to nine below in 12 hours. Temperatures were 16 below at sunrise with a brief sun, indicating a harsh cold spell ahead through Sunday. Forecasters caution that any snow remains uncertain while ice on rivers improves and skaters anticipate a warmer spell next week and a possible New Year gathering.
Mexican Labor party leaders arrested in Querétaro City after a bomb was placed by a window of the mayor’s house were released by the prosecuting attorney. Milander Custody, a Labor leader, remains under pending further investigation.
Meking December 27. Two hundred soldiers tied to the Kalgan looting incident were executed on orders of officials investigating the affair. American Tobacco and OFF companies suffered damage in the unrest.
Thieves looted an automobile owned by Peter Rouse of Urbana after he had been stranded on a rural road. They removed Christmas pills and food supplies the farmer had bought in Vinton. Rouse was found semi conscious and frostbitten, having worked for hours trying to start the car.
Dubuque Iowa December 27 Tag Ost ar a ball player with the Dubuque Mississippi Valley league is in danger of losing sight of both eyes after an explosion while working with a road crew late yesterday. The blast tore one cheek and severely injured both eyes as Oster was steamng over whout to relight a fuse Lehris was hurled into his fate. Oster, who pitched regularly for Dabrgie, was regarded as the league's leading atilfly Mnan.
Shanghai dispatches report renewed disturbances in Chekiang as railway services are cut near Eungkiang in a leadership bid against Sun Chuan Fang. General Chih Sich Yuan departed Nank yesterday to join field operations amid civil unrest.
United Press reports Iowa’s admission to statehood on December 29, 1846, after a constitutional convention in Des Moines and a 1846 vote approving the constitution. The piece notes Polk’s 1845 boundary actions and the 1846 statehood process culminating in acceptance.
Chicago report states Rosa Muni Lee Shaw Esmuelson, 27, fired from Canby High after marrying pupil Clifford Samuelson, 17, sues for 25000 dollars. She alleges libel and malicious statements by the Canby school board following the marriage.
Miss Ellen O'Donnell, 70, died at her home near Nashua after lingering illness. She was the surviving sister of three who lived together in the same household. The other two sisters had passed away years earlier in a sequence of illnesses resembling a family pattern in the community.
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