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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1923
Page
7
London dispatch reports Berlin expects Chancellor Guno to resign as German unrest continues. Elsewhere Paris and Brussels draft responses to British reparations note as French and Belgian replies question a neutral commission and Ruhr withdrawal. The situation remains fragile with warnings of ongoing civil conflict.
Secretary James Davis arrived from the continent and said a bill tightening immigration rules will be introduced in the next Congress. He plans a possible speech in England and criticizes Ellis Island conditions, noting deportees with noncompliant status.
Honolulu mass meeting of about 2000 Filipinos from all islands calls for immediate removal of Leonard Wood as governor general of the Philippines. The resolution to the U S president accuses Wood policy of releasing ownership of Philippine industries to foreign capital allowing absentee ownership and exploitation.
Mrs. Max Mayer, national president of the Service Star region, told about 1000 at Union park that average American apathy threatens peace more than radical plots. The closing event of the Liaw Not War campaign drew supporters in Des Moines with similar actions in 18 counties and resolutions to Iowa officials.
One man was fatally wounded two others were seriously shot and two escaped after a dawn confrontation with Prohibition Agents Frank Poe and Clay Williams in a wooded area on the outskirts of Huntington West Virginia.
Des Moines on July 30 reports Miss Oliver Carlson 18 died from a fractured skull and internal injuries after a Fort Des Moines trolley car speeding downhill rear ends a loaded automobile carrying seven passengers. Six others, including Hazel Engstrom 20 Mildred Lind 18 Ruth Carlson 8 and Mr and Mrs Fred Engstrom, sustain bruises and internal injuries.
New York July 30 Irene Castle the dancer denied cabled reports of a Paris divorce from Robert B Treman Ithaca New York claiming she had not filed or obtained a decree She said she would meet Treman next week on the Majestic and did not intend to marry Ward Crane or anyone else unless she chooses to be single She arrived with a group including a niece trunks a dog a pet goat and a cat and wore a short boyish haircut.
Theodore d Zimmerman of Sanborn died at Mason City hospital from injuries after his car skidded on a sandy road near Manly. His wife Mrs Zimmerman was severely injured but expected to recover. The car pinned them. bystanders had to fetch help and the body will be taken to Sanborn for burial.
Des Moines announces the purchase of Wilkins Brothers department store by Younker Brothers, one of the city's largest mercantile firms. Wilkins will close for inventory tomorrow and stock transferred to Younker. purchase price not disclosed. Wilkins founded in 1881 by E. J. and A. G. Wilkins' father. one of Iowa's oldest department stores.
London reports quote the Greek Vegation denying any republican revolutionary movement in Greece. While republican agitation continues and monarchists fear it, officials say there is little immediate cause for alarm though the matter remains a concern in informed circles.
Dike Iowa July 20 Roy Simms of Kansas City was killed at a road grading camp near here Saturday night by Jess Penrod also of Kansas City. Penrod, intoxicated, attacked with a knife. Simms died of a severed artery before help arrived. Penrod in custody of Grundy sheriff at Grundy Center.
William Diewold, 23, of Burlington dies when a launch swamps in the Mississippi River near the channel. He drowns after trying to save companion Russell Wallace, who cannot swim. four others escape. Wallace rescued by bystanders as river conditions run treacherous with 30 foot depths and strong currents.
Hail late Saturday night ruined harvested wheat and stripped cornfields across about 63 miles from eastern Lincoln County west along the North Platte river. Special dispatches to the World-Herald say fields were laid waste from North Platte to the Wyoming border with thousands of dollars in damage. exact totals were unavailable.
One black man was killed and four others injured when a large group of over 150 armed black workers invaded a white community dance hall. Police battled rioters, as escorts were forced to dance and officers were wounded. Reinforcements from nearby towns ended the confrontation with arrests of several black participants.
Across Indiana Illinois New York and Minnesota multiple rail crossin g accidents kill and injure dozens. The New Yorker locomotive linking St Louis to New York figures in Highland Liggett and Rockville Center crashes. Witnesses recount frantic rescues and drivers misled by stalled cars.
Five bandits halted a Scranton to Wilkes-Barre trolley on a woodsy stretch near Mooste and fired on passengers, killing one and wounding several before escaping with an $85,000 payroll. The paymaster Arthur Horshall and others were hurt. police search the area as agents rush in.
San Francisco July 30 President Harding will be moved to Washington by special train as soon as he recovers enough to travel likely within two weeks. Doctors say his condition is acute with heart strain and overtaxed cardio vascular system from speaking engagements. Mrs Harding remains at the bedside in the Palace Hotel and a full rest plan is advised.
Pittsburgh police report Patrick Coyne a legless brakeman 18 year old wife murdered after a quarrel in a Port Perry cottage. Coyne told doctors in a hospital he punished his wife during a dispute and later confessed to killing her after a freight train cut off his legs.
Sioux City police identify a gang of three men as the robbers who entered a home this morning and shot W. W. White, 4, near the heart as he resisted. Walter died this afternoon and John Sarchs f was knocked unconscious. More than $450 in cash was stolen from two residences and four motorists were held up on roads into the city.
Nome reports the arrival of the revenue cutter Bear from America with alleged Russian massacres near the North Cape. The schooner Silver Wave also brought stories claiming about 106 people killed, per Captain Appronian.
The Anti Saloon League and County Attorney Vernon Seeburger join in a push to restrict liquor dispensing permits for Des Moines drug stores. City officials say the city already has enough drugstores with permits to supply medicinal alcohol for twice the need.
Angelo Cerminara Italian consul at Milwaukee was guest of honor at the D Italia day celebration in Des Moines The all day rally at MacRae park drew about 3509 attendees many of Italian birth or idlescent.
Fragmentary item notes Morrison at St. Louis against Brooklyn and St. Louis Pfeffer involved. Details and outcome are unclear due to incomplete OCR text.
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