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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1925
Page
7
A Waterloo option holder offered the Union mill site at Fourth and Water Streets for a modern municipal building. The proposal promises a city hall and fire station combo, but the council has not acted yet, leaving the matter in limbo. The report notes a cautious but hopeful first step toward development.
Washington dispatch discusses freight rate reform proposals amid farmer distress. Secretary Jardine cites need for substantial rate adjustments while western railroads seek an 11 percent increase. Potter, ICC candidate, proposes a five percent rise pooled to aid weaker lines, with stronger lines contributing via the pool. Consolidation is suggested as a longer term solution to lower farm freight costs.
New York City's population is estimated at 6,108,384 by the census bureau per figures released by the Merchants association of New York City. Chicago follows at 2,995,239 with other city tallies including Denver 280,911 Des Moines 149,183 Omaha 211,668 Oakland 258,700 Portland 282,383 Salt Lake City 88 San Francisco 657,520.
John T. Goss submitted a proposal to Waterloo officials to sell the Union Mill site at Fourth street and Water street for 100000 for a new city hall and central fire station. The plan envisions joining Fire Station No 2 and the Lafayette street city hall site to finance the project with little tax impact, contingent on council approval and a special election.
Three unidentified trespassers were recovered from the wreckage of a Missouri Kansas Texas freight train that burned near Taylor Texas last night. The blaze left about 18 tank cars of gasoline and two box cars smouldering. Property losses may reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. The cause remains conjectural with trespassers suspected after a possible cigarette started the fire.
United Press dispatch from Berlin reports that French forces have begun evacuating the Ruhr area. Troops departed Dalsenkirchen as Paris and Brussels accelerate clearance, originally set for August, with some units moving to Morocco to aid against Abd-el-Ikrim's Rif forces.
Canton reports word that Cantonese soldiers attacked English Presbyterian missionaries in Swatow, two of them women, with knives. British consul demands apology, punishment and compensation as foreigners are urged to leave. Britain and Japan push for tariff talks before extraterritoriality talks, while Kellogg reaffirms U S obligation to protect foreigners in China.
July reports warn of white snake root poisoning spreading through Kank and Fayette counties after cows fed the weed contaminate milk. Governor Small orders all state agriculture resources mobilized to combat the outbreak and prevent further deaths.
Dayton Tenn July 13 The evolution vs fundamentalism debate moves under canvas as Scopes and Darrow face public scrutiny with Bryan promoting support. A motion to quash the indictment, argued by John R K Neal, challenges both Tennessee and U S constitutions in the press of the so called monkey trial.
Des Moines today boasted a Des Moines made airplane named the Humanninge Bird designed by Harold White of the White Aircraft company. The three passenger airship rose to 13,000 feet in its maiden flight yesterday and reached nearly 100 miles an hour.
A short apple crop is in prospect for northern lows including Black Hawk county. W. J. Lamry, fruit and vegetable grower, says only high ground trees may escape a fair crop this fall. He warns the apple shortage will affect northern Iowa, northern Illinois, and northern Indiana, with frost readings noted. High ground may fare better, especially in Rocky Mountain areas.
Halifax Nova Scotia July 13 A radio message picked up by amateur radio operators reports the ship Bowdoin of the MacMillan expedition returning to Trappedaly Labrador to have a spare propeller attached Commander Donald B MacMillan aboard the Peary is reported to be proceeding to Good Haven Deskto Island Greenland The Bowdoin would be boarded at Mopedale to attack the propeller while the Peary refuels at Greenland station
The British Medical Research Council is believed to have taken a major step toward isolating a cancer organism. After years of work the council plans to publish a statement soon. Reports claim the cause may have been found, though no cure exists and findings are not yet confirmed. The visible microscope points to an organism in all cancer cases, unseen by ordinary glasses.
Rev Tom Rowch Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist church accepted an invitation at the request of William Jennings Bryan to be a prosecution witness in the Scopes trial at Dayton Tennessee. He said he would prove by the original Hebrew that the scriptures are utterly incompatible with evolution.
Cedar Falls July 14 Special Packings of the 1925 sweetcorn crop will begin about Aug 15. Myron Rogers, superintendent, says growth requires opening earlier than recent years. There are 75 acres under contract and 110,000 cans on hand with more ordered to arrive as needed.
Clinton county officers say Tex Maynard, arrested in the shooting of George Howland and Ferdinand Alexander, was discharged after Howland could not identify Maynard as one of the assailants. The release occurred June 6 as Howland testified.
In Omalga Nebraska on July 13 14 year old Richard Kuhl was killed when a runaway car rolled down an embankment and crashed into the Kuhl home. He was on the porch steps at the time and crushed to death in the accident Sunday.
British miners and railroad workers edge toward a general strike as tensions rise over wage scales. Demonstrations erupt with police in a small park as unions threaten walkouts unless wage demands are met. International interest grows as miners vow solidarity with American labor.
Des Moines reports sweltering weekend with twelve heat and drowning fatalities across Iowa. Names and ages span Sioux City to Des Moines, including Frank Gantz 39 and George Hunt 60 among heat victims, and T. N. Rude 23 and Ray Davis 9 among drownings. automobile and other accident deaths noted nationwide to near a hundred.
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