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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1920
Page
7
Vienna papers highlight Baron von Lersner's refusal to hand over notes on Germans demanded for extradition. Editorials label the act a moral slap and discuss Allied reactions and British shifts toward sharing initiative in pursuing war crimes trials.
Violet Asquith Bonham-Carter daughter of Herbert Asquith says she has been invited to contest a constituency in Parliament. She told the Evening Standard she has not yet decided whether to accept the invitation.
Washington reports outline a railway bill compromise setting a 5 1/2 percent guaranteed return on aggregate railroad value for two years, after which the Interstate Commerce Commission would fix rates to yield that return. Total road value pegged near 19 billion, with outstanding debt around 19.9 billion and a 900 million annual guaranteed pattern before government control.
New York on February 7 Thirty five Barnard College undergrads shoveled snow from sidewalks for twenty minutes earning 60 cents an hour to boost Barnard’s endowment fund. Their effort contrasted with Columbia’s offer to pay male students for snow shoveling which drew no volunteers.
Special dispatches from the Midwest report Burton B Sweet representative of the Third Iowa district is groomed in Washington as a potential Republican vice presidential candidate. He endorses Gov Frank Lowden for president and ranks as a national figure for veteran benefits legislation.
The council of ambassadors decided the French charge in Berlin should deliver the list of Germans sought by the Allies for extradition. The action signals the issue now rests with Germany and may curb official communiqués sources. An accompanying note to the list was prepared for German authorities.
The identity of a Red Cross nurse who served at Fort Sheridan and died in a pauper ward at the senate hospital remains a mystery. Red Cross field director William S. Otis said burial expenses would be covered. Soldiers, sailors, a Louisville lawyer, and clubmen who corresponded under the name Valerie Hamilton mourn the death, but none knew her past. she arrived in Chicago from Waukegan as the war began.
Pope Benedict plans a collective letter to the Catholic Church in France inviting members to back the republic and to reestablish diplomatic ties with Paris. The message appears in a Rome dispatch to Matin citing Vatican plans for an encyclical on resuming relations with France.
Forecast for Washington and region notes a cold start with light snow flurries in the middle and end of the week. Occasional light snows expected across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, with temperatures normal or above after the initial colder spell.
In Paris M Andre Tardieu and two ministers conferred the Legion rosette on painter Lemordant, blinded in war, whose waxen face was hidden by a bandage. The ceremony contrasted light canvases with his muted form. He has just returned from America and will tour the United States again soon.
Chicago police and the state's attorney's office identified a suspect among 15 arrested in the Moss Enright murder case. A black car used in the killing was found and linked to the crime. Ex-convict Tony Cifaldo is held, with possible ties to a Boston gunman. Mike Carroza, street sweepers’ union head, released on bail with no charges filed.
Food drafts for aid are now sold at Black Hawk and Lincoln Savings banks in partnership with the American Relief Administration chaired by Herbert Hoover. Buyers can obtain 10 or 50 dollar drafts to be sent to Europe regions like Hamburg Prague Warsaw and Budapest. Drafts are redeemable at distribution depots for items such as flour beans bacon lard and milk with four order types A B C and D detailing specific quantities.
Mrs Ragin Barlow of Detroit sues Hotel La Sable claiming she turned over $10,000 in tips received as cloak room and check room girl from 1916 to 1917 to the hotel to hold in trust and seeks the sum in court.
President Wilson directed the State Department to tell European governments the United States did not want foreign awards after a law allowed officers to accept decorations. Secretary Daniels testified that Admiral Sims had already received a British king’s decoration and could not return it. Daniels said no further foreign awards should be given except for battlefield courage.
Supreme Court Justice Hendrick granted divorces to Maj. William F. Deegan and Mrs. Jean C. Crouch in New York. Albert Crouch, jailed in Yonkers, plans remarriage to Mrs. Winslet Deegan once free. Crouch abused Deegan, eloped, and fled with her wife, custody awarded to Mrs. Deegan. Mrs. Crouch gains custody of three children and $175 monthly alimony.
Emil Walters 54 was instantly killed when his hunting gun discharged after catching on a wire fence. Mrs Walters heard the shot and found him near the house. He lived on the farm near Hudson and later Mount Vernon township before moving to the Dew farm a month earlier. He is survived by his widow and son Herbert. Funeral plans not yet made.
Paris February 7 1919 Paris market has little influence on dollar and pound movements says Julien La Ferrier cashier Bank of France. He notes the rise stems from New York and London and credits non renewal in March 1919 that forced dollars into open market.
Chicago February 7 Miss Monda Rose a former weekly cashier tied to a wealthy Chicago social set returned from Canada with a detective to explain a $50 000 shortage in her employer's accounts She was turned over to the state s attorney for investigation Miss Schweiberg known as Monds Rose faced criminal court on embezzlement and forgery indictments with bonds set at $30 000 and sent back to jail on default
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New York February 7 Thirty two passengers and 28 crew members of the steamship Princess Anne stranded on a sandbar at Rockaway Point were brought ashore by a police boat shortly after 1 PM. Captain Frank Seay of Norfolk, injured during the voyage, was landed among the rescued.
President Wilson wrote Senator Hitchcock endorsing the reservations to the Versailles treaty he presented to bipartisan committees. The letter comes before Viscount Grey's note that Lodge reservations please Great Britain. Hitchcock carries the letter into a Democratic conference to plot a Senate floor return.
Washington Feb 7 three of four high power naval radio stations on the Atlantis coast are out of commission due to the storm. The New Brunswick station remains operational while Arlington Annapolis and Sayville are down because ice forms on antennas and the waves dislocate equipment.
Madrid notes that a denial appears in ABC of Libertad’s claim that Spain’s ambassador to Argentina was recalled for mismanaging the wheat purchase scheme. The envoy is said to be returning home and will not return to Argentina.
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago addressed the Iowa Press Association banquet in Des Moines urging defense of the United States. He opposed deportation for naturalized or foreign-born critics and recalled the 1917 1918 era as a past struggle. Editors concluded their session today.
Washington D C July secretary Lang of the interior has placed his resignation in the hands of President Wilson. It became known some time ago that the secretary contemplated leaving the cabinet when convenient for the president to release him. Lane has been secretary since the start of Wilson’s administration and prior to that chaired the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Democratic senators met to press the peace treaty in the Senate on Monday with intent to back a reservation compromise. After a White House letter, they understood the president would support interpretive reservations framed by Democrats but not discuss specific reservation proposals.
Chicago February 7 Two men were killed at the A. D. Gorrel l company plant 2599 Archer avenue when a varnish spraying tank they worked on exploded. William Eger 6402 Waveland avenue 25 a furniture finisher and Joseph Hileks 1224 West Thirty second street 10 also a finisher perished. About 50 employees were in the building and office girls on the first floor fled to the street. Damage to the building was slight and limited to the fourth floor.
Chicago February 7 The All American Farm Labor and Co Operative association will meet February 10 to 15 to study methods to cut the high cost of living through cooperative production and distribution. About 300 delegates are expected. reps from farmers organizations labor groups and the Nonpartisan league have been invited.
New York reports wholesale looting of merchandise in transit on U S railroads caused about 45 million dollars in losses in 1919. The figure is more than double any prewar year, though higher commodity values raise the theft cost by roughly 85 percent.
More than 300 women from every state and various denominations gathered in Washington D C for the national church women conference opening. Mrs Josephus Daniels delivered the welcome address to delegates.
Des Moines Feb 7 Austin Haines associate editor of the Homestead tried to pay dues to the Iowa Press Association at the convention Cashwell executive secretary refused saying the Homestead is fighting everything we’re fighting for He stated the association would not accept the dues for representational purposes.
Allied dispatches report bolsheviks advancing along the Black Sea within 20 miles of Odessa while American Marines intervene with Japanese forces at Vladivostok to safeguard Gen Rozanoff. In the Caucasus red troops seize Blagodarnoe east of Stavropol as Poland prepares to debate Soviet peace overtures with Foreign Minister Tchitcherin.
Mexican outlaw leader Guadencio s de La Slave, once a federal general, was captured February 3 near Nauta in Vera Cruz and is to be court martialed in Vera Cruz. The clash killed rebel generals Ponciano Vazquez and Vicente Lopez and wounded noted Higino Aguilar.
Chicago reports treasures valued at over a million dollars found in the plain house of Mrs Evating M Kimball widow of W W Kimball founder of a piano company The 79 year old widow has been adjudged incompetent and the estate value is about 2 8 million A conservatorship petition by Irving H Cone of Los Angeles cites the estate at 1 000 600 in value
LondonFeb 7 More editorial attention is attracted to the exchange situation than to the demand accused of war crimes. Some newspapers say that the suspension of imports of cotton is an excellent example which it may be hoped other traders will follow. Elsewhere it is regarded as a dangerous remedy and fear is expressed that its cost will eventually fall on British consumers.
Miss Mary Robison was acquitted by a jury in Atlantic Ja for an attempted murder charge. She claimed self defense after shooting her stepfather Carl Millard, who had married her mother days before the incident.
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