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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1925
Page
9
A dramatic report on Floyd Collins burial efforts and the risks of resuming the rescue, plus brief items on Wrangel Island departures, a large alcohol seizure near Clinton, Iowa, and varied notices. The piece chronicles dangers in coal mine rescues, illicit liquor busts, and public figures in politics and law.
Statehouse reports indicate Gov Hammill’s proposed road program faces resistance in the legislature. A committee meeting was set to refine the Bergman gas tax bill with minor amendments to ensure presentation to the house within two days.
Burton is reported to be resting comfortably after surgery to remove fluid from the pleural cavity of his lungs. Doctors said his temperature, which had reached 103, was falling by noon.
Los Angeles witnesses Victor Smandeën and Lewis Jones testified to the August 12 1924 rampage that followed the death of Mrs Theresa Mors. McCoy faces an assault with intent to murder charge and a potential 10 year term in San Quentin after a manslaughter verdict.
The widow of a New Orleans bank bandit who stole £15,000 and killed a policeman during a daring escape applied for veterans' compensation in Mobile. Mrs Wright, freed on bail last week, awaits trial on possession charges. Also reports an oil company manager killed in a tank explosion near Palis, Montana, with a resulting $1,000 barrel loss and fire.
London February 17 United Press reports King George is a influenza victim with bronchitis added, a bulletin says his condition is satisfactory after a restless night. The bulletin is signed by physicians Ford Dawson and Miles Rees. About 20 MPs including Lord Winterton and Arthur Tenderson also ill, along with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Des Moines editor Austin Haines, formerly of the Des Moines News and now with Fawcett publications in Minnesota, was cleared of a contempt charge after Iowa Supreme Court reversed James C. Hume's 1922 ruling. Justice DeGraff noted the issue was about phrasing not disloyalty, quoting ethical canons and stressing restraint over sensationalism. The 1922 charge stemmed from a June 27 1922 editorial criticizing Judge Hume's opinions, though the court found the remarks within acceptable bounds of press freedom.
Former assistant secretary Thea urged keeping aviation as an auxiliary service. He argued air battles are not solitary and should remain under distinct army and navy control. He warned a unified air service would harm efficiency and raise costs.
In Des Moines on February 17 Dr Ray Petty of Judson Memorial Baptist Church New York and Dr Henry Crane Centre Methodist Melcher Mass were main speakers for Religious Emphasis Week. Petty planned to address child welfare at a parent teachers gathering while about 23 000 people attended 18 meetings citywide yesterday.
Mason City Iowa February 17 prohibition officer James C Buchanan reports sheriffs in Iowa are beginning to cooperate in new ways and that state judges are enforcing liquor laws more strictly. He notes initial resistance to federal authority has shifted.
In St Paul last night a bootlegger hijacking incident left one man dead and another seriously wounded. Police seek two men who fired on Burt Stevens, 25, reported to have recent hijacking ties. Minneapolis bystander Leon F Somers was struck. bystanders were driven away in a car with a third man driving. Stevens had recently come from Sioux City, Iowa.
Los Angeles February 17 Mollywood readies for a new film war as Cecil B DeMille arrives heading independent producers to the Thomas H Ince studio He reportedly signed tentative deals with stars drawn from rival studios The city endured an eight degree below zero cold snap yesterday the coldest February night in years before the temperature rose to twelve above by morning and twenty above by noon Weather forecasters predicted warmer conditions tomorrow with clearing skies
Britain signals openness to dialogue asserting willingness to discuss any reasonable proposition with Russia. In Omaha a police official announced the justice department began breaking up an automobile theft ring centered near Colorado Springs and stretching across the Midwest.
In Paris the chamber of deputies heard a consensus to restore the franc to its prewar level. Jacques Duboin urged progressive deflation as the cure while noting France’s internal debt stands at 277 000 million francs with two thirds maturing this year. Clementel warned against miracle cures and said production boosts and money supply improvements are needed.
Navy seaplanes from the Pacific fleet will conduct target practice tomorrow off Los Angeles with five large planes dropping fifty 163 pound Clark type bombs weighing 163 pounds each. The event, expected to draw wide attention, will involve spectators from the fleet.
Two men named Jacob G. Feldmeier and Louis Wagner of St. Louis died in Hartford after a mattress fire in the village jail suffocated them. The incident occurred after they were arrested for drunkenness in Alton, Illinois, on February 7.
Washington D C Feb 17 The War Department announced Brig Gen Alfred W Mjornstad now commander of the infantry school at Fort Thanning Ga has been assigned to command the Fourteenth Infantry Brigade at Omaha Neb The notice confirms the transfer as part of Army reorganization and staffing changes with no further details on date or personnel changes beyond the named officers.
The Courier should be delivered under your name before 3 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by then, call A100 and a duplicate will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 8 50 p m.
The Cave City tale centers on Floyd Collins, trapped in Sand Cave near Cave City Kentucky. Rescue workers faced dangerous passages and rockfalls as efforts to reach him failed, the coroner identified him by a gold tooth, and his funeral plans were announced as authorities suspended further attempts for safety.
Telegraph Briefs from Manila report Germany's naval training ship Berlin with 60 cadets visiting a Philippine port, the first German naval vessel to call there since World War I. New York dispatch notes 20 annual Commonwealth Fund fellowships for British graduate students at Washington University announced by fund directors.
George Handy was robbed near the union station by two Black men, one struck him while the other searched him and took cash and his railroad pass. Several suspects were detained but released except George O Neil, held in Clinton as a suspect in the murder of Mr and Mrs Homer Brownfield at Low Moor.
Des Moines, Feb 17. H S Butler, a Des Moines pioneer businessman and former director of the National Life Insurance and the Iowa National Bank, died here today. For years before his death he was the To wa general agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. He lived in Des Moines 45 years.
An AP report from Santa Barbara highlights alleged financial liabilities of RB G Lewis, promoter of Atascadero and University City, Mo. Notes totaling over 7.1 million were lent by about 25,000 people, with loans ranging from small sums to $2,000. The case centers on a declared 320 million financial bubble and involuntary bankruptcy actions.
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