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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1923
Page
8
President Harding details Alaska policy favoring long term development and statehood, stressing conservation and government-led, stable growth over quick profits. He visits Yosemite after Seattle and continues by train toward San Francisco for foreign affairs defense.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause call 5310 and a copy will be sent promptly to reach before 6 30 p.m.
Wiley J. Jones a brakeman on the Chicago Burlinton and Quincy line was shot on a moving freight train near Gretna Nebraska in a clash with a transient and two alleged IWW organizers. The transient escaped unharmed as police detained about 20 men upon arrival in Omaha and two suspects were held for investigation with one name given as Walter Bernard Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Two men who gave the names Claude Willis and Charles Russell and claimed Waterloo as their home were released after several hours in custody as suspects in a post office robbery. They could not explain their whereabouts the previous night and were not connected to the robbery, postal inspector H B Allen ordered their release this morning. BURGLARS KILL OFFICER. Chicago police officer W B Porter was shot and killed by two burglars during a clothing store robbery.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on July 23 Kermit Kiech a 23 year old stunt flyer with the Gates Flying circus fell 1 600 feet after misjudging his jump from a plane piloted by Eddie Brooks. His parachute failed to deploy and he died. Bert Cole a former companion died three weeks earlier in a similar 2000 foot fall.
Forty prisoners at the state penitentiary in Putnamville began recovering after a poisoning incident thought to be caused by tainted milk. By noon, 188 inmates were treated and 12 buckets of salt water administered as an emetic. About two score remained seriously affected. no deaths were reported and none expected today.
Parental blessings awaited 17 year old Miriam Kaufman debutante daughter of Joseph B Kaufman millionaire steel maker who eloped to Monroe Michigan with John Ells Worth Ross 20 USC student son of Mr and Mrs J Ross Los Angeles They telegraphed parents that they would take a two week honeymoon cruise on the Great Lakes after their marriage
A Manila dispatch reports the Democratic party resolved that the dispute between Gov Gen Wood and Filipinos should not be decided by local voters but by the people of the United States. The coming election should hinge on issues, platforms and the party in power.
Des Moines on July 28 currents at Brooks Lake led to a search for Felix Briggs seven and Tom Briggs six who vanished yesterday morning while walking to the lake with bathing suits. Their father John Briggs fears they have drowned.
Paris seeks prompt joint answer to Germany reparations. Curzon presses France to speed up. Poincare waits for Belgian notes. London hopeful about entente revival. Berlin eyes possible cabinet reshuffle as Cuno ponders quitting.
Ludiington Mich July 25. County Prosecutor Virgil A Fitch abandoned plans to enforce Sunday closing laws after church members objected to stopping amusements and labor on Sundays. Fitch stated the church group may not know what they want, and that everyone can continue doing as they please on Sunday.
A Shanghai dispatch reports about one million people left homeless in Anhwei province due to floods on the Yangtse River. The disaster has caused heavy loss of life and property across the region.
Chicago July 28 arbitration committee grants elevated railway employees a three cent per hour raise for the next year with a further two cent increase the following year. The brief decision seen as a modest settlement ends a dispute over wages for the transit workers.
Chicago July 28 The Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha railway awarded a two cent per hour raise to shop workers including machinists boilermakers blacksmiths sheet metal workers electrical workers carmen apprentices helpers and car cleaners in the era of wage adjustments.
Weather forecaster projects a near average temperature week beginning Monday for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with generally fair conditions. Scattered thundershowers are possible across the region.
United Press reports Joseph and Mrs LaVerne, aged in their teens and early twenties, decide to give up their three newborn children due to poverty. Norma already placed with a wealthier family while Jean and Robert await adoptive applicants. The couple cites inability to provide and vows to seek happiness through the children’s futures.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas urged Congress to draft wealth and profits in wartime at the Young People's Christian Union convention in Sterling. He said President Harding supports the idea and argued for a wealth conscription policy to prepare for potential future conflicts.
Phoenix July 28 Aitho confessed burning important records of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Tempe and surrendered to the sheriff. Leyton Jones Jr cashier remained at liberty as county authorities said no complaint had been filed. Jones volunteered he started the fire but offered no further statements.
Iowa physicians enroll to learn insulin use at the state university. Twenty-two doctors have joined classes taught by three doctors each, with periods lasting seven to ten days. The insulin treatment, funded by a Rockefeller gift, aims to expand diabetes care.
Chicago July 28 Arthur Foster dubbed the granite man was granted a new trial in the murder of Mrs Kate Trostell whose body was found in the drainage canal. The court ruled his previous conviction rested on insufficient circumstantial evidence and ordered a retrial.
A noon blaze destroyed the old 40 by 115 foot factory on Commercial Street northwest of Mullan Avenue, formerly Watarica Sheet Metal, with flames threatening nearby properties. The origin is unknown, but firemen held the spread with eight hose lines and heavy water. losses were modest, mainly to Rainy Day Clothes Dryer, insured. The building, owned by L A Burkitt, had been condemned and was vacant.
Washington July 28 The promotion of Captains William McDougall Lucian Bostwick William A Moffett Julian Latimer and Frank H Schofield to rear admiral has been approved by President Harding The officers hold key posts including Tayal Observatory Chief of Staff United States Fleet Bureau of Aeronautics Judge Advocate General and General Board
A Hague dispatch reports the ex-crown prince of Germany growing active in his Dutch island retreat. He is said to be plotting monarchist moves as a surge of activity surrounds him. An immense yacht flying the Imperial flag docked at Wieringen where Friedrich Wilhelm met officials before conferring with his father ex-Kaiser Wilhelm aboard the vessel.
President Marding, aboard a special train to Yosemite from Seattle, suffers ptomaine poisoning believed from crabs. He remained in bed today by physician orders, with Brig. Gen. Sawyer noting the attack is not serious but requires absolute rest after strenuous hours in Seattle.
Des Moines reports quoted J T Meredith secretary of agriculture in the Wilson era saying the wheat price decline harms farmers and business beyond farming. He argues a price floor or advance planning could prevent harm and notes wheat accounts for about 10 percent of farmer income, with corn and dairy wealth offsetting losses. Opponents in Aberdeen and Topeka push for relief measures and cautious calls for a special congressional session to address agricultural marketing.
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