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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1920
Page
7
The Street Car Company tells the board it spent about half a million dollars on pioneer development. A banker confirms bonds are difficult to market, signaling ongoing financing challenges for the new venture.
The street car fare situation outlines proposed increases every two years with fares asked at 10 cents for workers and 5 cents for school children doubling current rates. The company lost $506 220 in its pioneering work and sold the last bonds at 28 cents on the dollar yielding 20 percent to investors. It promises 20 new cars if fares rise and a 25 percent wage increase for employees upon raising fares.
L S Cass, president of the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and North Western lines, tells a board of arbitration that the electric street car system evolved from a 1895 tiny operation. He cites bond trading troubles, scarce markets, and proposed amortization to justify a fare increase and possible wage hikes to 12,000 dollars.
A Bolivian revolution, aided by the army, overthrows President Guerra and Cabinet. Hautista Savedra seizes power with army support and appoints José Carrasco as chancellor. Earlier Bolivian leadership formed on March 15 1920. president Gutierrez Guerra elected May 7 1917. Reports from Lima are considered probable propaganda by Bolivian consul general in New York.
Belfast July 13. Of 130 petty jurors summoned for the Assizes court today only 19 were present at opening. More than 80 of the 99 appeal cases had been withdrawn. A Sinn Fein court reached decisions on most appeals listed, drawing barristers and solicitors to attend.
Madrid dispatch reports the late Empress Eugenie left her Farnborough mansion and estate in England to Prince Victor Napoleon and his wife formerly Princess Clementine of Belgium. She also willed a sizable sum to Queen Victoria of Spain, god-daughter to Eugenie. Prince Victor heads the Neappo n family and resides in Brussels.
Toledo July 13. Higatean members of the City of Toledo crew were arrested after reports said they caused the drowning of a negro chef who allegedly assaulted a 17 year old white youth. Walter Reed a mess boy was said to be the chef victim.
Spa Belgium July 113 The Russian government had not replied to the allies request for an armistice with Poland by afternoon. The message was sent via wireless through Britain due to relations between Lloyd George and Leonid Krassin. Polish premier Ladislas Grabaski heads to Warsaw with assurances of arms if Russia delays. The Paris correspondent notes allied peace terms require renunciation of imperial policy and settlement by the allied supreme council on Danzig and Taschen.
Scranton July 13 The anthracite mine commission restricted its record to issues directly tied to the 18 UMW demands. Operators argued wage and working conditions justify current scales, opposed closed shop and checkoff, and presented earnings data suggesting living costs have risen with wages. They favor a two year contract and resist individual agreements affecting labor control.
A hailstorm Sunday about six miles south of La Porte City caused damage to fruit grain and fowl valued at about 100000 dollars for affected farmers. The storm lasted around 20 minutes and left ice that required shoveling in some areas.
London reports Minsk has been captured by Russian Bolshevik troops who occupied the town on July 11. The communique also says Sventslany near Dvinsk and Vilna are threatened as Minsk’s fall implies Vilna may be in danger.
An American officer is reported killed during street clashes between Croats and Italians at Spalato Dalmatia during a Jugo Slavic nationalist demonstration. An American admiral overseeing the coast near Spalato ended a recent encounter between Yugoslav and Italian groups, per a semi official communique.
Mexico City reports Gen Jesus H Guajardo defeated by federal troops and fleeing with few followers. Brig Gen Pablo Gonzalez defeated at Sabinas Hidalgo Neuvo Leon and is described as in light by the Excelsior.
Seized property of Baron Walter de Mumm, including 1 000 000 bottles of champagne, will be offered at public sale on July 28 at his estate near Reims. The assets were seized in 1915 after the baron resumed German citizenship at the outbreak of war.
Burlington, Iowa July 13 Julius Breitenstein long known as a Merrimac veteran and trap shot expert died at his home at age 16 He gained national fame at big gun tournaments earning numerous trophies through the years
A whisky still was seized near Millerdale crossing after deputies arrested John McGinley age 50. McGinley faces federal charges as a liquor nuisance case and his son, Presani, was found nearby but not charged. Evidence included mash and liquor. McGinley yielded without resistance.
Chicago July 18 The Labor party and Committee of 48 press toward amalgamation with Nonpartisan League Single Tax World War Veterans and others joining. Disputes over name and degree of nationalization persist as joint talks resume amid protests and farmer support shifts.
In Chicago on July 13 Rev. George Richmond opened the Committee of 45 convention with a prayer against Palmerism and praising Debs. He denounced Republican ties to Wall Street and urged a revolution against plutocratic forces. Other speakers warned against hasty action, and a plan to merge with the Labor party was tabled after brief votes.
Washington July 13 plan to urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant priority for coal shipments to the Northwest and New England by operators with contracts to those regions. The measure will be proposed to railroad executives in New York tomorrow as part of an effort to ease transportation bottlenecks.
Lieutenant John Stokes, discharged from the British army three weeks earlier and assigned to organize the release of British headquarters in Ireland, was killed during an assault on Newport barracks in County Tipperary today.
Spa Belgium July 12 Allied prime ministers fixed a 3 pm deadline for Germany to accept a coal delivery demand of 2,000,000 tons monthly after initial offers of 1,100,000 and 2,200,000 tons. German Foreign Minister Walter Simons warned compliance may be difficult while Fehrenbach urged a review of German claims.
In Washington on July 18 Fustics Bailey in district court dismissed Charles Fairchild of New York a president of the American Constitutional League case seeking to block ratification of the suffrage amendment and to test the equal suffrage law. The court said it lacked authority to review state legislative action on ratification or the amendment’s validity. Fairchild indicated no appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
President Wilson, replying to congratulatory messages from South and Central American leaders, expresses hope that cordial relations between Latin American nations and the United States will continue. Acting Secretary Davison echoes the sentiment, thanking foreign ministers for their good wishes on the anniversary of a great leader's birth.
The government of Honduras decrees amnesty for all persons accused of political crimes. All pending proceedings will be discontinued and detainees released immediately, announced by authorities in San Salvador dated July 43.
Paducah Kentucky reports seven men killed instantly at the Katterjohn Construction rock quarries in Cedar Bluff 48 miles above Paducah. The same day Vienna notes the Hungarian boycott persists with workers claiming a sealed country while Austrians accuse Hungarian soldiers of kidnapping girls and mistreating women on the frontier.
Benson Minn July 13 Congressmen A J Volstead testified in a suit contesting the Republican nomination of Rev O J Kvale of Benson who defeated Volstead in the Seventh district The contest is under the corrupt practices act Volstead denies he is an atheist and charges that Kvale supporters circulated the claim Judge Albert Johnson said proving Volstead not an atheist could establish a corrupt practices violation
Gov James M Cox and Franklyn D Roosevelt the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees will meet with President Wilson at the White House Sunday. Arrangements were made by telephone under the presidents direction.
American relief workers flee from Polish battlefront towns as Bolshevik and Polish forces clash. The relief operation, holding supplies worth about 3 million dollars and feeding 1.1 million daily, faces disruption while authorities seek to safeguard the district against legal and fiscal challenges amid the war.
Chicago July 13 police continue efforts to prove motive for Lieut Carl Wanderer killing his wife and an unidentified man. Authorities seek the stranger and a possible woman in the case while trials await grand jury action. Insanity tests suggest Wanderer sane. letters reveal friendships with women including Grace Horne.
Approximately 1,000 more work permits for children to work were issued in the year ending June 1836, compared with the previous year, per state labor commissioner A. Le Urick. High living costs and wages were cited as reasons for the rise, with about 4,100 certificates issued in the year.
William G. Edmundson yardmaster at Valley Junction yards of the Rock Island railroad was killed early today at Blue Island Illinois. Edmundson was on temporary duty in the Chicago district.
London July 12 The league of nations council has decided to refer the Aland islands question to a commission of three international jurists to be nominated by the league president.
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