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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1922
Page
8
Washington correspondent Mark Sullivan weighs arbitration as the preferred path to end the coal strike. He argues an impartial tribunal could avert government seizure and stresses parties must choose between arbitration and possible actions by Hoover and the administration.
In Los Angeles a girl born with a defective nose received a sense of smell after an operation performed by Dr. T. Ruddy before the American Osteopathic Society of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. The procedure took place yesterday during the convention.
New York reports George Jay Gould has wed Mrs. Alice Sinclair in Paris. The couple stay at Aix les Bains and plan Inverness Scotland then return to Lakewood New Jersey. First wife died last fall while golfing at the Gould estate.
Atlantic City Nov July 12 Delegates at the Elks convention prepare to decide if each lodge will acquire equip and maintain an Elks field for public use in their city A resolution urged by Murray Hulbert past exalted ruler of the New York lodge promotes athletics through such fields Bill and his brethren anticipate stunts to liven the gathering
Washington D C July 12 decision to erect a 5090 bed hospital for tubercular former service patients at Tupper Lake New York instead of the proposed 250 bed institution at Liberty New York announced today by Acting Director Rogers of the veterans bureau
United Press reports at Berlin that fifty people were killed and many wounded when a magazine of mines exploded at Cuxhaven, a North Sea naval base at the mouth of the Elbe.
Washington July 12 A warning from congressional dry leaders says the Warding Lasker ship subsidy bill will fail unless shipping boards bars are closed. Senator Willis Republican Ohio says the board may as well deal in slaves as liquor. A straw vote suggests postponement to the December short session with mixed Senate polls on early action.
The Hague conference with Soviet and non Soviet delegates collapsed after hours of debate. Maxim Litvinoff said further talks were unlikely as non Russians pressed for promises on property and loans without knowing credit. The dispute over foreign property nationalized by the Soviet regime doomed the meeting.
Rock Island officials asked striking shopmen to call for pay checks and surrender transportation passes, but the men refused. With Saturday’s reg war payday approaching, it is believed they will not collect until an early settlement and return to work.
Weather bulletin from the Highways Department and Weather Bureau lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly. General lowering of Iowa temperatures with light northeast rain and heavy south district rainfall. roads described as good in spots and muddy or soft in others with rain expected Thursday and extreme northwest cooler.
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you miss it due to an error by the carrier or another cause call 3330 before 6 30 pm and a copy will be sent. Callers should reach the office before 6 30 pm.
Lee Smith, a prominent planter in Tata county Mississippi, posted a sign declaring that stills are becoming a nuisance on his property. The placard reads no hunting fishing or distilling allowed on this land.
Des Moines hosts the second day of the fourth annual convention in Chattanooga with a drill in parliamentary law led by Mrs Emma Fox. Delegates consider the annual report by Miss Lena Madesin Phillips and plan a barbecue and luncheon on Signal Mountain. A contest for the next national convention pits Des Moines and Portland in a bidding battle.
Chicago July 12. Attorney General Brundage offered a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who committed murder and assault during the Williamson county coal miners strike. The appeal urged Williamson county citizens to provide aid, with protection promised for assisting authorities.
Washington July 12. War department ordered discontinue manufacture of poison gas except for limited research use in line with arms conference treaty. Filling of all projectiles and containers with poison gas halted except for small number to perfect gas defense appliances.
Joseph Stewart a swine breeder and farmer northwest of Nevada Nevada was stung by a honey bee Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock and has been unconscious since. He has received care from an Ames physician but his condition worsened and doctors are puzzled by his illness.
Des Moines reports Gov. Kendall supports legislation to regulate telephone rates and establish a public utilities commission. Protests against rate hikes by Northwestern Belt Telephone Co. in Des Moines Ottumwa and Burlington may push next session to act. The governor deems current increases intolerable and favors state oversight of rates and service.
Mob violence erupts as strikers assault guards and abduct a superintendent. Reports cite a 3,000-strong mob at Denison kidnapping railway personnel and beating them near the M K T shops, while Fort Madison reports the Santa Fe superintendent Mason kidnapped and later released on bond amid broader shop craft protests.
Paris July 12 Germany formally handed the reparations commission a note requesting an immediate moratorium for all remaining 1922 payments including the July 15 due amount. It also asks that the moratorium cover cash payments scheduled for 1923 and 1924 under the May 5 1921 schedule.
James Morrill Cass nearly 82 a Civil War veteran dropped dead at 8:30 am while mowing the lawn at his Waterloo area home. He suffered from high blood pressure and is believed to have died of a stroke. Born September 21, 1840 in Sanbornton New Hampshire he lived in Wisconsin and Iowa before settling in Waterloo. He served in Co I Forty Fourth Wisconsin Infantry and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was married twice and had three children. Funeral arrangements not announced.
International News Service reports miners seek three guarantees before accepting President Harding’s wage arbitration plan. They demand no wage cuts or anti union moves, equal benefits for nonunion strikers, and nonpartisan expert arbitrators. Operators seek clarifications before endorsing the proposal as talks proceed at the White House.
James A. Sanders former Fort Madison prison warden and Avoca school superintendent died in a Omaha hospital from uremic poisoning after a period of illness. He served five years as warden at Fort Madison and three years as Avoca superintendent.
Pre hearings opened in Vinton Iowa on July 12 against Benton County Sheriff W MeVepitt. Petitions accuse incompetence extortion drunkenness and failure to serve papers. MeVepitt serving his first term as county sheriff.
Chicago reports secret peace conferences between Labor Board chairmen and rail executives fail to produce a definite reply to shopmen strike settlement offers. Governors prepare for troop deployments as disorders flare in Bloomington, Dennison, and other cities while rail lines cut service.
Barleycorn and Jane Doe are listed as the chief co-respondents in divorce actions in Chicago, according to city court clerks. A planned protest parade featured girls in one piece bathing suits along Chicago streets to oppose beachwear regulations.
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