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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1924
Page
9
Washington political brief examines McAdoo forces amid Doheny testimony and anti McAdoo momentum. It weighs McAdoo's chances to revive his candidacy or an alternative, with doubts about political viability and factional realignments shaping possible outcomes for the Democratic nomination.
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President Coolidge selects former Ohio Senator Atlee Pomerene to join a two person team to prosecute the oil lease scandal cases replacing the ousted attorney general Gregory from Texas who resigned after accepting a retainer from EH L Doheny.
London papers devote principal columns to the secret Rhineland pact story. They publish Lloyd George remarks and reactions from America and France. Harold Spender says Lloyd George voiced indignation over a secret discussion during his absence. Lloyd George denies the interview.
Prof EB Christie, inventor of the unicycle and former resident, died by his own hand in Camden New Jersey. His body was to be brought to Marion for burial. Born in Vinton Iowa in 1868, he graduated from Ames College and taught chemistry there. his sister Mrs C B Hutchens said ill health prompted the end of his career.
International wires report Chicago launches a diploma mill investigation to purge the city of 500 Pon-registered chiropractors following the death of Elizabeth Fawcett, 11, from convulsions after chiropractic treatment. Coroners and state inspectors pursue blame, while arrests of Fred Kabana and his wife lead a statewide cleanup of unregistered practitioners.
Twenty people faced endangerment as a mile long ice bridge on the St Lawrence river broke apart yesterday in Quebec. All escaped unharmed authorities reported. Five drifted on ice for hours and were believed to have reached shore safely.
Sumner Iowa February 8 special Virgil Kingsbury suffered a broken jaw and severe head cuts when struck by an engine on the C G W tracks Wednesday evening. French authorities in Chicago report no witnesses to alleged raids led by federal agent Glenn Young targeting French and Italian workers in Williamson County.
Chicago February 3 A proposed 10 million dollar relief corporation for solvent banks in the northwest faces immediate action. W Lin Reeds of the banking board and M Henry of the rural credit board SD, en route to Pierre, say a Washington subcommittee will meet in New York to form the reserve organization to finance loans for rehabilitation.
Miss Louise Larson a 24 year old motion picture actress was found dead in her West Seventy seventh street apartment. She was bound to the bed posts with a hot leash and her Belgian police dog was lashed to a chair in another room. A negro maid found the body while bringing breakfast to the actress.
Des Moines reports representatives from nine groups will meet to discuss collecting petitions across Iowa urging the United States to join the World Court. Involved organizations include the Town League of Women Voters, State Federations of Labor and Women's Clubs, Paren t-Teacher Association, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Ministerial Association, YWCA, YMCA, and the Iowa League of Nations Nonpartisan Association.
The cruiser Rochester, part of the special service squadron, orders to Lt Ceiba, Honduras, amid revolts after the presidential election deadlock. Government troops clash with rebel forces at San Pedro Sula. Jacobo Mungia wounded. Gen. Carias rumored near the Nicaraguan frontier with his army as Guatemala grants de facto recognition to Guitierrez.
Wantaville Tex Feb 8 Walter Monroe Miller new warden at the Texas penitentiary officiated at the electrocution of two negroes early Lonny when the former warden R F Coleman peacefully slept at home choosing to follow his conscience He resigned last month when it became known he would have to act as executioner in all death sentences in Texas The state sought a successor before Miller a former sheriff of Johnson county was chosen He accepted in time to assume duties which require him to throw the switch at all electrocutions.
Crowds enduring cold weather continue to gather at Bethlehem chapel inside the cathedral where Woodrow Wilson's body lies in state. By 9 a.m. the lines overflow streets and delay traffic as flowers donated in tribute are kept at the chapel. The War Department orders the soldier guard to remain for an indefinite period.
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate voted to refer Browne and Holdoegel resolutions on an insurance department probe to a five member special committee. The panel will hear evidence and report within 10 days. Meanwhile the House approved Bowman’s agricultural relief substitute and the fire marshal bill with minor amendments.
Chris Nicholachos a Greek bootlegger told district court he paid Alfred Wesley chief of police 25 a week since last March for protection. Nicholachos pled guilty to maintaining a nuisance, fined 500 dollars plus costs. County Attorney W E Jackson opened a probe into the porter chief who seeks the city safety office. Wesley denied the allegation and accused bootleggers of trying to oust him. He called for a special grand jury investigation.
In Oelwein Iowa the attorney general rules that pasteurization of the milk supply cannot be enforced by city ordinance. Officials will not pursue council action. The move followed a typhoid outbreak with 43 cases and investigation pointing to milk as a possible source.
Chinese tong man gasped and died within seconds after lethal hydrocyanic fumes filled the prison death chamber. The execution, witnessed by newspaper men and physicians, showed the inmate collapse as the gas flowed in and his head drooped before the six minute ordeal. The body was later examined while authorities considered further actions and commutations.
Fragmentary notes describe national mourning signals in New York as President Wilson and Toomer are mentioned. The garbled text references delays in German rehabilitation efforts and potential food shipments to Germany, with unclear alignment to broader wartime controls and public sentiment.
Secretary Wallace faced requests to prepare a bill of particulars criticizing the agriculture department's cooperative marketing policy. He defended support within its legal bounds and invited critics to submit specific complaints. Sapiro pressed questions. Wallace said he was en route to a cabinet meeting but would return and an executive committee planned a further review.
Nice, France dispatch reports Grand Duke Cyril, claimant to the Russian throne, believes the dolshayik regime cannot endure as revolt gathers. He says he would accept rule if summoned, arguing peasants and workers tire of hardship and a czar could restore Russia’s strength and traditions.
In Iowa City a university report notes rising campus population and year’s anticipated attendance. The piece mentions a grand jury probe into the veterans bureau cornered irregularities and cites Mrs Carolin Volaw, sister of the late President Harding, as a potential witness alongside Mortimer and Mrs Cramer, wife of the bureau’s chief counsel.
Washington Feb 8 Senator Hiram W Johnson declared the Republican party must clean house or the people will do it for them. He criticized as tedious and absurd the anonymous assertions to Coolidge managers that the president already has more than enough convention votes to be nominated.
Cedar Rapids news reports 55 year old James Dansky, a retired farmer, chose suicide rather than undergo a hospital operation. He hanged himself in his basement with wire rope. his wife found the body Thursday afternoon.
In Dubuque Iowa February a federal case notes Katherine Cooper and her brothers William F. and Austin A. Cooper on a 1922 indictment for making false income tax returns. Katherine paid $18,315 in back taxes. The case remains untried. William and Austin were fined $10 each.
Mervin ND Raynor of What Cheer Iowa, a junior at the State University of Iowa, has been notified of his appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He will complete current semester work at town city before leaving to begin his army career.
The National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers reports a weed control drive across the Dakotas Minnesota and Montana. Dealers with state and county leaders will push weed management to cut losses from weed seeded freight and low yields as Canadian farms show higher profitability.
Detroit Feb 8 Henry Ford urged a deep probe linking oil interests and U S policy as the Teapot Dome affair widens He backed Edwin Denby and cautioned the president will be judged on justice not punishment McAdoo to testify tomorrow in senate, with Doheny and Doheny related testimony to follow. stock brokers and bankers to be examined in Washington as the oil lease probe expands.
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