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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
7
Des Moines reports H C Wallace of Des Moines is among candidates discussed for temporary chairman of the Republican state convention to be held July 20. Delegates will caucus early Tuesday morning, with plans to set a state platform and nominate governors and other officials.
In Triest on July 13, hotels and stores owned by Jugo Slavs were looted and burned amid anti Slav riots. Dozens injured as property destruction continued with bombs and inflatorables reported in the unrest.
Chicago July 14. Directors of the board of trade announce plans to resume wheat trading tomorrow with December prices seen at 2.50 to 2.75 dollars. Deliveries will be quoted for December and March as traders note abnormal market conditions and warn members of responsibility for market conduct.
Pittsburgh bread law fixes the standard price at three-fourths of a cent per unit under an agreement between wholesale distributors and retailers. Other dispatches report Martens immigration hearing at Ellis Island, storms sinking fishing boats with many lives lost, heavy reservations for a Marion ceremony train, Tampico petroleum workers striking for a 75 percent wage increase, Chicago daylight saving at the stockyards, and Antwerp protests over police firing during Spurs anniversary events.
In a House of Commons reply Andrew Bonar Law said Britain proposed a simultaneous armistice with Gen. Wrangel the anti Bolshevik leader on the southern front. Wrangel would retire to the Crimea and the armistice would create a neutral zone during the pause. A definite reply was sought within a week.
Chicago July 14. More than 3 000 Third Division veterans gathered to discuss a national membership drive, permanent headquarters in major cities, officers, and committees. A silent 44 minute memorial honored those who died in France in 1918 near the Marne. Major General Joseph T. Dickman will be guest of honor at a banquet.
In Havana detectives raided a house in Jesus del Monte and rescued 10 year old Jessie Costello of St. Louis. A mother Milano Metino and her son and daughter George and Anna were arrested on charges of abducting the child.
A La Paz dispatch reports Bolivia's revolution occurred without upheaval. ex president Guerra seeks refuge at the U S legation while Provisional President Savedra announces his new authority to the diplomatic corps. The army aided the transition.
Connellsville Pa July 14 Smallpox victims are housed in tents after authorities found the municipal hospital, located half a mile from the city, had been stolen. The building was carted away piece by piece, leaving only a few boards.
Dr Jacob Gould Schurman urged a Japanese American joint high commission to study immigration. He spoke at a Foreign Relations Council luncheon after returning from the Orient. He warned politics have used Japan as a football and urged serious government action. He noted Japan faces population pressure and possible immigration as a remedy and said the Japanese mood is increasingly democratic and anti imperialistic.
The weekly Iowa crop bulletin reports abundant soil moisture and favorable conditions through July 13. Corn progress is strong across central and northern districts, with southern areas about a week behind. winter wheat harvests and early oats show good yields. Hailstorms caused about 500000 dollars in crop damage while rains aided grain quality but delayed aging and some flowering.
President Wilson expresses confidence that the Franco American ties will endure forever in a Bastille Day message to President Deschanel. Paris marks 131st Bastille anniversary with a 41000-strong review, though Deschanel and Foch are absent due to illness and travel.
In Madrid hundreds of Spanish nobility and others gathered at the Duke of Alba palace to view the late Empress Eugenie one last time. Masses were said continuously throughout the day as the Duke of Alba plans to escort the body to England.
Samuel V. Cady of Green Bay denounces La Follette delegates and Nonpar tigan league while warning farmers and laborers about socialistic policies at a conservative Republican state conference in Madison. The meeting aims to choose a state governor, with Philip Superior as a leading candidate.
London reports German hangmen staged a wage strike halting executions. A Berlin dispatch says in Melnigen the mutinous murderer could not be executed as the Halle and Munich hangmen refused to work.
London reports a Moscow communique saying Bolsheviks push toward Kovel crossing the Goryn river and develop the front. They claim occupation of railway stations at Prudy Pototchany and Ashbatocka and drive enemy from Baronovitchi area along the Svislotch river.
Tokio dispatch quotes Nikolai Lenine outlining the Soviet aim to harmonize capitalism and socialism. He notes the hardest work is done, cites 20 years from feudalism to capitalism, and stresses education and landowner removal in Poland as keys to stable progress and peace.
Ottumwa Iowa July 14 Mrs Ethel Stansberry and her 11 year old nephew Clifford Edwards of Coalfield drowned in Millers creek near Eddyville while picking berries. Clifford fell into water and his cries drew others who watched as Mrs Stansberry jumped in to rescue him and was swept away by the current. She left behind two young sons.
Reporter note from Columbus Ohio July 14 Associated Press Cox accuses Harding of turning his front porch into a listening post and says the campaign will focus on peace with honor and readjusting world affairs. Cox criticizes Harding’s 20 year backslide and says daily Senate sessions would not move the nations forward. Harding spends second day in Marion writing his acceptance speech and meeting Pittsburgh Leader publisher Moore who backs Cox’s defeat. Roosevelt at Hyde Park says people should decide if US returns to 1914 or advances with civilization and humanity. (Note: multiple entities present)
Ottumwa Iowa July 14 East bound Burlington passenger train number 12 left the track west of Melrose after striking nine washouts in the track. Five cars including two Pullmans loung ing car and two day coaches derailed. Passengers were shaken and bruised but none seriously hurt. Four hundred fifty feet of track washed out between Melrose and Russell by heavy rains last evening.
A Rock Island switch engine struck a crowded streetcar in Chicago last night injuring more than 20 passengers. The car tore open on one side and was hurled from the rails as the conductor, who had moved ahead to signal, mistook the engine for a stopped locomotive on a siding.
Chicago July 14 A defense in the William A. Brous Lloyd conspiracy case features testimony linking the Communist Labor party to the Russian Bolshevik and German Spartist groups. A letter said to be from Edgar Owens of Moline Ill to Ralph Thacher of Mason City Ia states Iowa groups align with the Third Internationale. A red flag from Owens’ home is entered as evidence.
In Spa Belgium on July 14 the German cabinet met as Dr Walter Simons Germanys foreign minister stated that Germany is between civil war and invasion. He said the conference might dissolve without further agreement and that Germany had done all it could while awaiting allied action on coal deliveries and Versailles treaty enforcement.
Washington marked Bastille Day with French tricolor flown beside the American flag on government buildings. Secretary Baker visited Arlington cemetery to place wreaths on French soldiers’ graves, President Wilson sent congratulations to Deschanel, and General Pershing sent a message to Marshal Foch on behalf of Americans who served in France. The day also featured widespread flag displays at businesses and homes.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 onlock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 8330. A copy of the paper will be issued. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Chicago July 14 Senator La Follette declines nomination for the new fusion party. Leader Lester Barlow pushes for a draft amid accusations of a secret clique and failed platform read. Deliberations continue as the Committee of 48 plans separate action while fusion efforts stagger.
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