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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
1
Washington in January 1924 contemplates Borah's conference proposal as France stirs Europe. The administration faces a failed plan, troop withdrawals from the Rhine accelerate, and calls grow to fix German reparations before lasting stability returns.
Police opened an inquiry in St. Louis on January 12 into whether an Italian vendetta was behind the unexplained shooting deaths of two men on a city street corner. The investigation focuses on motive and possible connections to organized disputes in the Italian community.
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Zen J. Gibson, Iowa attorney general, endured a lengthy reception line on Inauguration Day as his former National Guard comrades stepped in to cover gaps. Each Guardsman applied extra firm hand pressure while greeting Gibson to maintain the appearance of brisk business during the ceremony.
London dispatch reports Miss Mary Landon Baker of Chicago denying a plan to wed Senor Volck Stephen Brazilian minister to England. She calls the report untrue, says she hardly knows the man, and declines to confirm any reconciliation with Allister McCormick.
London reports a three hour battle on the Hungarian Roumanian frontier with details scarce. Hostilities have persisted since the treaty of St German transferred sectors of old Hungary to Romania, fueling ongoing tensions.
Washington dispatch lists two Waterloo men among officers in the army reserve corps. Joe N Jenness of Des Moines is commissioned as second lieutenant in the infantry and Martin W Duffy of Cedar Rapids is commissioned as second lieutenant in the air service.
Chicago January efforts to form one big packinghouse union began with Martin Murphy and organizers. A secret meeting laid plans to amalgamate unions of butchers, packers, mechanics, teamsters and watchmen totaling 40 600 members. The move follows last winter’s strike and aims to avoid another strike until amalgamation completes.
Des Moines reports an adding machine at the statehouse may have issued false totals for an unknown period. Tellers canvassing the governor and lieutenant governor vote observed several hundred vote differences between two machines’ tapes. Official counts still favored Republican Kendall for governor and Hammill for lieutenant governor, with Democrats and independents listed in the official records.
Dublin note that the royal barracks evacuated by British troops will be renamed Collins barracks in memory of Michael Collins, and Richmond barracks will be Keogh barracks in honor of Gen Tom Keogh. Other city barracks will also receive new names as part of the renaming. Porm Isaak Walton Club Osage Iowa Jan 12 Dr E V Cutler and C H Pettit joined Mason City effort to organize a local Isaak Walton branch the first in the state.
Bandits robbed the Katerim Savings Bank vault and emptied safety deposit boxes after cutting telephone lines by 3 a.m. Vera Chrisman and her sister witnessed the events as the robbers attempted to disable the exchange. The gang, described by witnesses as five to six men, fled in a car. authorities in Rockwell City were alerted.
Bastrop Louisiana officials faced a tense exchange as Ku Klux Klan leader Skipwith warned Attorney General Guion and Senator Warren that probing Morehouse parish murders would spark bloodshed and rioting. Witnesses detailed masked Klan raids in Mer Rouge, including a 18 months later kidnapping and murder case tied to Watt Daniel and others, with indictments naming Skipwith, Bear McKoin and Ed Ivey.
Danville January 12. Hubert Paylor, son of Pratt Tlar deputy United States marshal, was arrested by his father for a flagrant violation of the prohibition law. The son had recently completed a sentence for an alleged attempt to get liquor during a campaign at a local cafe.
Prohibition officials report a large fleet of 22 rum-runner vessels off Suddy Hook New Jersey as storms and heavy rains aid smuggling. Bottlers advertise whiskey at 45 to 50 dollars a case and rye at 35 while champagne remains costly. Crew from many nations man the ships, loaded high with liquor. A seasoned bootlegger boasted that insurance will cover both craft and cargo.
The Greater Waterloo association voted unanimously to keep the Red Ball Route as originally designated and approved for the committee in charge.
Paris dispatch reports deputies Cachin Monmoisseau Lemard Trevit and other communist leaders accused of planning an international conspiracy to move the Bolshevik army through Germany to the Rhine and into France. The case centers on proposed actions by Russian and international communist groups to exploit the Ruhr occupation to spark revolutions in Germany and Poland.
A Waterloo suspect and two accomplices were captured after robbing sacks of mail at the Jowa Falls post office. Police, post office inspectors, and officers from multiple towns pursued, with one escapee later identified as part of the gang. Authorities also detained two Iowa Falls residents and investigated a separate Cedar Rapids incident involving a currency shipment. The trio used a break in to access pouches and sacks, but authorities nabbed them at the Brantwood cafe and Doherty home, with one man found near a church and another injured in the pursuit.
Mexican secretary states Mexico will not participate in the Pan American congress to be held in Santiago, Chile, in March. The note was conveyed to Chilean Minister Enrique Dermonez by the Mexican Foreign Secretary, communicating the decision to the Chilean government last night.
The Columbus chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has been disbanded by order of M. O. Denning Savona h Kleagle for Georgia. The Klan's charter was revoked.
Summary notes bonds fair to good prospects with limited glow in this subjoined report. The document references Algona Cedar Rapids Des Moines Davenport Mason City and La Crosse among others in a weather bureau and agriculture department context.
Nelson Morris, who has served eight years as the American minister to Stockholm, Sweden, has resigned. The announcement came from the State Department with praise for Morris and regret at his departure, noting he is currently in Washington.
Two drug peddlers believed tied to a major ring were arrested in Coblenz by American crime investigators. Officers seized drugs valued at 6,900,600 marks found in their possession, traced to Hamburg. The men reportedly arrived from Crofeld after learning American soldiers would soon move in.
Jan 12 A fund was being collected today to aid Miss Kathleen Morrell the unwed mother in her battle to support the five children whose father is John Ss Curtin a wealthy man who will not return to me Miss Morrell said Curtin will not seek a divorce and she will force him to stay away She has no plans for support and will take no action until after her trial Jan 15
Macon Ga Jan 12 Steve Batty animal trainer was seriously injured in a fight to save small children from a wild leopard. The beast escaped its cage into an adjoining area where a paper partition stood between it and the group of children. Batty jumped into the cage to distract the cat. the leopard leaped and slashed him before attendants shot the animal.
Dorothy Koch 23 former Winter Garden Follies dancer sues in San Francisco for 25000 claiming false arrest false imprisonment and kidnapping by Lee R Herbert 30 an automobile dealer described as a former wealthy Indiana farmer The suit details a sensational tale including an airplane pursuit to Los Angeles and a weeklong search by friends Margie Withrow and Edyth White ending with Koch found in a local hotel and held against her will with warrants said to have been issued for her arrest
Germany faces a state of siege in the Ruhr as Krupp workers resume duties while mass protests unfold. French forces push occupation measures, warning Ruhr banks and miners of control, with Essen factories closing for a protest and French- allied officials guiding coal distribution against German resistance. The scene features Krupp leaders and industrialists resisting orders as tensions rise.
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