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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1924
Page
1
In New York July 1 observers say post nomination mood sags for Davis and Walsh ticket as Meredith and Bryan doubts surface. Western worries about Bryan on the ticket and late enthusiasm by August are noted while party leaders weigh prospects and avoid overconfidence.
Reports from Santos and Port Alegre indicate Brazilian rebels have taken Sao Paulo with Governor and other state leaders retreating from the capital. Dispatches say rebels move toward Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, with authorities claiming the revolt is almost conquered in official editorials.
International News Wires reports the Cedar River pollution dispute centered on Cedar Rapids and other Iowa towns. The state board of health scheduled a hearing for July 22 and ordered notices to multiple parties including packing firms, gas companies, and city authorities in Cedar Rapids, Vinton, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Waverly, Nashua, and La Porte.
A crew of 30 men fought a forest fire near Missoula that had consumed more than 7000 acres of valuable timberland. Forestry officials said 30 more men were sent to contain flames in the Nez Porco forest along Bear Creek. Several smaller blazes arose in the Pend Oreille and Clearwater forests but were controlled today.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University plans a national US propaganda campaign opposing prohibition. He aims to promote a liquor system combining the best features of British Columbia and Quebec models. Canadian officials cited by British Columbia liquor authorities say Butler intends to present a new method to handle the liquor problem in the United States.
Mrs. Geraldine Iarian died after a head on collision on the Clear Lake highway three miles west of Majonity. Two women and a man were injured, including Miss Grave Arnold daughter of Police Chief J. O. Arnold and Engineer Sackett. Witnesses call it the most terrible crash seen here in years.
Boston July 14 The sixtieth annual B P O E Grand Lodge convention adjourned in Portland after more than 40 000 Elks marched the parade amid a passing thunderstorm The heat had caused 40 prostrations and one death before rain began Bands played It Ain't Gonna Rain No More as crowds kept marching despite showers
The administrative committee of the Federal Council of Churches adopted a resolution declaring moral shame and national disgrace due to the disregard of prohibition law by a small number of public officials. It calls on all officials including military officers to uphold the law with conscientious, ongoing enforcement.
The Little Entente conference opens in Prague to address relations with neighbors, postwar financial reconstruction, League of Nations questions including admission of remaining states, arms limitation, and the treaty guarantees proposed by the League.
Montreal reports Watter Muir, a 21 year old New York youth, was hanged at 5:34 a m at Valley Field jail for shooting Henri Laviellette during a September quarrel. He faced the gallows bravely after bidding farewell to his mother, Mrs May Muir, who travelled from New York to see him.
Democratic chiefs wonder what Maddoll will do after the Reds ticket drops. John W. Davis returns to New York to plan the campaign from Locust Valley. Bryan and Bevan press support while McAdoo faces party-splitting speculation and New York's pivotal role in the race.
A San Francisco report notes a shore station relayed a message by radio to a liner 6 285 miles distant. The transmission occurred with a coast station exchanging traffic with the vessel several thousand miles away, highlighting long distance telegraphy links.
Vitied Press reports in Joliet that a dry parish raid leader known as the parson was targeted by revenge, his church dynamited and many nearby businesses damaged. The raider, once famous for leading prohibition raids, survived. a city house occupant was injured.
Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential candidate, says he is a Baptist on his wife’s side while denying formal church affiliation. He states his parents were Baptists and he attends Lincoln, Nebraska’s First Baptist Church with relatives, though he has never belonged to a church himself.
About 11 to 100 American Bar Association members attend a convention in New York and travel to London. They will present a bronze memorial statue of Sir William Blackstone to the British bar on July 23 as a gesture from the American legal community.
In a night attack near Gumbad-i-Iwe in Turkoman country 300 Persian cavalry were killed. The remaining troops fled to Burnard, with reinforcements dispatched, according to the Pioneer.
Thelma Winders seven daughter of R W Winders died at 2730 pm after a haypole fractured her skull and injured her arm at the Heine farm near Buckingham. Winders and family were helping raise hay when a pole broke striking the girl and grazing another child. Funeral Saturday burial planned at Montour.
Survivors in Consolations swing into finals this afternoon as top players from McKee Bartlett Bartlett and Payseur contend in the state golf meet at Sunnyside Country Club. Arthur Dartiett and Ted Payseur pace the action with key shots while minor flights narrow toward final rounds across Des Moines Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Ottumwa.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 20 oclock. If by carrier error or other cause you do not receive your paper by then, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 1 30 p m.
Budget expert Butler plans a civil suit for 18000 against Senator Maytag, director of the state budget office. Butler alleges political interference hobbled budget operations, cites a $6000 annual contract, and accuses Maytag of creating a political machine to block progress. He notes eight staffers unpaid for two months while the budget system stalls and urges legislative inquiry when the July 22 session opens.
The Labor Board holds writs for railroad employees as it seeks appearance subpoenas for the Brotherhoods and related parties. A postponed hearing on the Western roads wage dispute was set for July 24, with marshals delivering subpoenas. The case centers on proposed wage increases and working conditions sought by carriers against the unions.
A fire at a Messini high school caused about 100 people homeless, 36 injured, and 220 buildings damaged as flames spread into surrounding wooden structures. Authorities suspect students started the blaze in protest against professors.
Report from New York states Samuel Gompers veteran president of the American Federation of Labor is considerably improved while recuperating at the Caney Island hotel. Mary Lender is attended by physicians and a nurse as he receives care.
Oxshes Eng July 11 The Associated Press reports American golfers Muncan and Abe Mitchell defeat Wilier Warren and Smith 4 and 2 in a professional foursome for a purse of 200 pounds.
Masato Hanihara, retiring Japanese ambassador, returns to Japan convinced a better plan for Japanese immigration must be found to avoid trouble. He will not likely return, though Tokyo does not see the incident as closed and anticipates no major moves before U.S. elections.
In Manila on July 11 a Private Tamaryn was found dead in his cot at Sternberg Army Hospital with knife wounds, hailed by authorities as a new outbreak linkage to the mutiny of Philippine scouts. An native paper El Debate suggested an American lawyer with communist leanings implicated in the outbreak.
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