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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1928
Page
10
Governor Al Smith refused clemency for Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder after reviewing evidence in their murder case. The doomed pair are set for the electric chair at 11 PM, with defense attorneys pursuing last minute appeals citing alleged new evidence and trial unfairness.
Washington coverage examines Democratic tensions over Smith and McAdoo at the Jackson day dinner. McAdoo rejects truculence while Smith backers push moderation, with delegates and states shaping the nomination battle.
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 6:30. If you do not receive by then due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 for a copy. Calls should reach the area before 2:30.
Seattle January 11 Walter T Varney plans to equip mail and passenger planes operating between Pasco and Salt Lake City with giant silk parachutes. Tests in Call crnle will decide if all Varney airlines ships receive the emergency devices. Verne C Gorst of Pacific air transport helped prepare the release.
Allan Crawford and Elmer Stafford begin five year sentences at Fb Madison penitentiary after pleas of guilty to robbing a Fayette drug store of a large quantity of narcotics on December 4. Sheriff A A Robertson took them to prison following district court in West Union where they pleaded guilty to larceny from a building. Police traced narcotics to their homes. the men were known drug addicts.
German customs at Kiel confiscated 340 tons of rifle ammunition from the Norwegian steamer Aka bound for Vladivostok. Authorities suspected Soviet or Chinese smuggling but found no evidence. Some claimed German manufacture while officials said the shipment originated in Czecho Slovakia.
Cedar Rapids Jan 11 a 7 Roscoe Shomler 25 Cedar Rapids convicted by a jury of robbing the Alburnett Savings Bank of 36689 on Nov 30. The life sentence with parole possible after 10 years likely to be imposed by Judge A L Anderson. Shomler's appeal planned. Accomplice John Duffy to go to trial next Monday. The jury reached its verdict in five minutes over two ballots.
Mrs. John W. Traer, widow of the man who gave Traer its name when he chose the town as a Burlington line station, died at Marshfield Oregon at 92 after living in Vinton and Cedar Rapids. Her husband had died years ago.
The Senate investigating committee found the Hearst Mexican state documents to be spurious and fraudulent with no evidence of bribery involving four U.S. senators. The report notes no foundation for $1,215,000 payments to Borah Nortis LaFollette Heflin and states buyers forged signatures. The panel will pursue further inquiry, lacking witnesses under subpoena, and may issue a supplemental final report later. A separate item reports Albert L. Lubnow, a Rock Island sweetshop proprietor, shot himself after financial worries.
Charles H. Vett, 65, a former Standard Theatre musician from St. Louis, fatally shot himself in Granite City hospital after growing discouraged by jazz. Friends say he blamed modern music for his troubles and had abandoned his lifelong calling for piano tunes while opposing newer melodies.
Senate continues debate on the McMaster tariff resolution while key committees start or continue hearings. Irrigation, public lands, foreign relations, and interstate commerce panels assess vital topics from Columbia basin projects to railroad consolidation. Capitol debate covers Capper-Toprich bill, state and labor department appropriations, and naval building program scrutiny. Census and Boulder dam hearings proceed as committees press inquiry.
Curtiss Field, January 1. Clarence Chamberlin and Roger Williams start a 60 hour endurance flight in a Bellanca monoplane to reclaim the world record from Germany. If successful, they will stay aloft until late Friday or early Saturday. Also passes an $82,202,000 appropriation bill for state, justice, commerce and labor departments.
Washington notes the first extended tariff debate since the McCumber bill of 1922. McMaster calls for general tariff reduction while McNary seeks broad revision. Harrison attacks the 1921 emergency tariff and the present act as stepping stones to higher protections.
Joseph Kinney of Oxford Indiana was acquitted by a district court jury on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Slezak near Oxford during a load transfer incident. Fellow defendants Francis Ban and Job Gulley may face renewed prosecution. Kinney did not testify.
State Bank Examiners check up the Low Moor Savings Bank in Low Moor Iowa after its closure yesterday by board action. Des Moines officials Enyart and Clark assist Clinton investigators alongside State Examiner Walsmith who took charge following an incident involving the assistant cashier T. H. Conover, who burned records and fled toward the Wapsipinicon river before a failed suicide attempt. Conover remains hospitalized in Clinton in guarded condition.
Boston reports eight more bodies were removed from the S-4 today, bringing total recoveries to 14 for the day. With 17 bodies already found earlier, nine remain unaccounted for in the sunken submarine.
In San Juan Porto Rico Gov Towner reports a message from Colonel Charles A Lindbergh accepting with pleasure an invitation to visit Porto Rico on his way to the Pan American conference in Havana. The note confirms Lindbergh will pass through en route to the Havana meeting.
Washington announces a five year build program for 25 cruisers of 10 000 tons 5 aircraft carriers 2 large destroyer leaders and 32 submarines The Navy argues the plan meets US needs not rival powers and aligns with treaty principles while avoiding competitive building.
The Kibitzer club of Chicago prepared to seek advice for unvaried victims. Its Illinois charter, issued by Secretary of State Louis L. Emerson, says the group aims to promote scientific card playing. Members may converse kindly, stand behind players, advise, correct mistakes, aid losers, and supply towels to wipe tears. Capital punishment for murder is noted in Illinois law.
Ralph E. Clay of Iowa Public Service proposes moving Cedar Falls street car parking away from the Courter building to ease traffic. He notes trucks struggle to pass between street cars and curbside cars and suggests keeping the motorman’s car in the alley to allow trucks to swing out.
In Cedar Rapids Jan 11 attorneys for Dr Jesse L Cook and Eva Cook entered not guilty pleas to murder charges in the death of Eva Thompson 19 of Oxford Mills They are held for trial bonds set at 10000 Dr Cook to be tried next week Mrs Cook to be scheduled later The death followed an alleged criminal operation at a local hospital on Sept 19 1927 and Miss Thompson was a patient of Dr Conk
Washington officials report the Senate Foreign Relations Committee informally decided to study U S marine activities and policies in Nicaragua but postponed formal action until after the Pan American conference in Havana. Chairman Barrah said members feared an early inquiry could embarrass Coolidge at Havana talks.
Des Moines, Jan. 11. Elmer Bowers and his son Forest, both of Des Moines, were killed when the car they rode in was struck by a Fort Dodge Interurban street car. Their coupe was dragged 50 yards along the track. Elmer was found about 20 yards from the intersection, while Forest was swept with the wreckage and found only a few feet from the demolished car. The crash shattered windows and splintered the car’s front woodwork.
Joe Krejsa, 60, ended his life in Cedar Rapids today by leaping into a cistern. He faced financial difficulties. His widow and a disabled son, 32, survive him.
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