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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1923
Page
1
A 1922 letter from Meredith denounces a conspiracy to discredit farmers and argues for presenting factual farm conditions. He cites Dept of Agriculture data showing farm prices and crop values rising versus perceptions of decline, urging deflation of pessimism and warning against political manipulation by Brookhart and others.
Senator Brookhart and others debate grain freight cuts and surplus claims. Shipstead questions Agriculture Department estimates of 260 million bushels, citing a rumored smaller surplus. Brookhart presses for fair pricing based on production cost while farmers fear delayed relief. Johnson shifts focus to a potential special session and challenges opposing senators to contend with Magnus Johnson.
Johnson arrived late to the conference and took no part in the open discussion in front of newspaper men. After his arrival reporters were excluded from the conference.
President Harding battles a serious illness at the hotel as doctors monitor possible pneumonic inflammation and attend to his lungs and heart. Mrs. Harding remains at his side amid prayers, flowers, and vigilant hospital-like care, with no decision yet to move him to a hospital.
The Chicago Safety Council launches an intensive public education push with posters and pamphlets urging motorists to consider others as well as themselves. Secretary-manager Harry J. Bell says 98 percent of auto deaths stem from driver negligence and calls for stricter licenses and penalties for reckless driving.
Morris, July 31. The slaying of Blaney Beach, a wealthy toilet merchant, will be placed before Grundy county grand jury, says state's attorney Frank Flood. An inquest returned an open verdict that Beach was shot by Deputy Sheriff Clay Herrold while prowling near Miss Jane Remington's home. Remington testified she knew the prowler was Beach but did not tell the deputy. Beach had lingered near her window, then left when she turned the garden hose on him.
Sioux City, la July 31 police halted a terror reign by arresting 38 men and 3 women after a wave of robberies and a homicide. Those taken in will be escorted to railroad yards and sent to other destinations. The killer of W. W. White remains at large as authorities vow continued raids on underworld hangouts.
Officials from mid continent oil refineries met in Chicago last week and in Kansas City today to consider suspending production for a limited period to curb an oversupply. Plans to close refineries during AVENSI were discussed as a remedy at the conference.
John Gallagher, 22, of Cleveland was drowned last evening while swimming at the Mississippi River near Picture Rock, McGregor. He was visiting with his brother a student at Cammon College in Prairie du Chien. The two were alone in the water.
Dr Sawyer applies his medical knowledge to a case as he counsels the patient. Miss Ruth Powderly, a Navy nurse with blue eyes, cheerful disposition, aided in nursing former President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Harding, serving alongside the president's nurse.
Reports from San Francisco describe President Harding gravely ill with broncho pneumonia, occupying a five room Palace Hotel suite. Mrs. Harding remains at his side as physicians monitor his condition amid a tense political backdrop over a potential publication of his foreign policy speech.
At the American Home Economics association convention opening at the University of Chicago Miss Gertrude Lynn of Iowa State University defined the ideal home as economically sound morally wholesome spiritually inspiring physically healthy and founded on mutual trust with about 1000 women in attendance.
The local Ku Klux Klan chapter held a big ceremonial two miles southeast of Perry last night. Rev. Tom Roberts, state organizer, spoke as robed sentinels patrolled the field on robed horses amid the largest clash in the history of the Incat organization.
Michael Mulvehill 93, a longtime Masonville settler and former Dubuque County resident, died at St Francis hospital after a 10 day stay. Born April 18 1844 in Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa at 19 and settled in Dubuque county then Masonville in 1869. Survived by four sons Joseph Eugene James and Miss Alice in Masonville and Dubuque. funeral plans set with O Keefe and Towne. Burial to Masonville. Mrs A J Fairburn funeral set for 2 30 pm from 627 Lime street with Dr J R Macartney officiating and Eastern Star participation. burial at Janesville scheduled.
Des Moines July 31 United Press reports Gov Kendall will decide on clemency for William C Olander the condemned slayer awaiting execution at Fort Madison penitentiary Healy the Fort Dodge attorney has filed a former application for commutation to life imprisonment and a possible appeal to the US circuit court of appeals if Kendall does not act Olander remains at Fort Madison awaiting the outcome.
The village of Slavovitza in Bulgaria petitions the interior ministry to rename itself Borisovo to escape the notoriety tied to Premier Stamboulisky. Residents resent his memory after his land seizures and accusations as an enemy of the state. They cite the June 9 clash between troops and the yellow guard and recall the mayor's land redistributions to gypsies.
About 2000 Chicago surface car line workers including mechanics electricians and laborers voted to strike rather than accept a 3 cent per hour raise. They demand raises from 10 to 45 cents an hour. Unions plan to set a strike date and bar arbitration to halt surface line operations.
A lumberyard fire at Linn County Lumber near Cedar Rapids damaged the yards near the business district. Firemen battled flames as a strong wind pushed the blaze. Fourth Street was closed to traffic. By 1 p.m. the fire was under control with estimated losses around 100000 dollars.
Announcement from the Intermediate Credit Bank, operating with the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, states an intensive Aug 1 campaign to lend money to cattle raisers in Nebraska Iowa South Dakota land Wyoming. President D P Hogan says the land bank has lent over 1,500,800 to farmers in these four states this month.
Glenn Mathes reported to police that he was captured by three bandits on the road near Wellman Iowa last night and robbed of 600 dollars in cash. One robber held him captive after midnight while two others escaped. A bullet cracked his windshield and grazed his arm as he refused to stop.
Berlin reports a collision near Krien sen involving two passenger trains. Twenty seven people killed and 25 fatally injured as several coaches were smashed and overturned. Dispatches from Hanover confirm the severe crash and toll. A marriage license was issued in Chicago for Otto G Hofter and Miss Hylia Enice of Waterloo.
Eldora Iowa July 31 Discovery that a divorce granted in a county where neither party resided struck a problem for Cari Newcomber a prominent local businessman. His first wife W5 obtained the decree in Tama county while both parties lived in Eldora. Mrs Itter Brewer Newcomber filed for divorce alleging cruelty infidelity and sought 75000 alimony claiming the decree was invalid. She had sought a modification of the decree after learning district court jurisdiction rests in the county of residence. Both Newcomber and his first wife resided in Eldora when the divorce was granted.
Chisago July 31 Authorities pursue a new suspect in the shooting of Clarence Porter a La Grange policeman killed while surprising two men at a dry cleaning plant. Bloodhounds traced the killer’s scent to a home as rewards totaling 4000 funded by LaGrange and citizens spur the search. A broadcast description matches a man seen in La Grange the day before the robbery and murder.
Pueblo July 31 a car stalled on the track between Canyon City and Florence west of Pueblo. J B McDonough and his wife Mrs J B McDonough and daughter Julia 17 were killed instantly. Dorothy Brown 4 died later at a hospital. Jackie McDonough 6 and Mary 19 were critically injured unlikely to survive. The automobile was dragged 1800 feet by the speeding Denver Rio Grande Western passenger train.
Des Moines theatre audience heard manager George Peck demand removal of wise cracks about the Harding administration during a July 31 skit. Peck told principals to eliminate the remarks as managers noted the actors complained the order would cut the heart right out of their act.
William Wrigley Jr arrived at the Palace hotel in San Francisco to convey personal regret over President Harding’s illness. He said the guest trip to Catalina Island, planned for one day, could be extended if the president recovers, with a possible invitation to recuperate at Wrigley’s Catalina home.
James Fox a former inmate of the county poor farm was sentenced by Judge Otto to 60 days in jail and a $100 fine on bootlegging charges in Iowa City on July 31.
New York July 31 six indictments were returned today against Louis Montgomery Kardos formerly head of Kardos and Burke stock brokerage firm which stalled for more than two million dollars.
In Maquoketa a 13 year old Bowman Goldin drowned at a Sunday school picnic in the river with the body recovered. In Des Moines sociologist Edward T. Devine discussed Americanization and living standards during a lecture. William P. Gregory of Centerville resigns as assistant United States attorney and Ray Fountain will be appointed to succeed him, with plans to move to Gallia.
Children from eleven playgrounds will parade from the Courier building on Park avenue to Washington Park then Fourth Street to Lincoln Park. About 300 marchers are expected with prizes sponsored by the Courier and the Plaza Theatre. Supervisors Miss Ruby Henderson, Miss Margaret Murphy, Miss Phora Colyar, Miss Elizabeth Wertman, and Miss Gladys Harbaugh will lead the groups.
Nome Alaska July 31 Harold Nolce head of the Wrangell Island relief expedition has been advised of a Soviet announcement. If the ship Donaldson does not proceed to Petropavlosk Kamchatka for clearance and East Cape for a red guard contingent bound for Wrangell Island, the vessel will be confiscated.
Preliminary conversations to pave the way for negotiations on resuming diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet government were completed in Tokyo this afternoon. Both governments must now decide if the talks offer a satisfactory basis for a formal conference.
Tokio reports that several ancient island forts guarding the entrances to Tokyo and Shinagawa will be converted into parks. Built by the government, the forts once defended the bay towns though modern artillery has rendered them obsolete for defense.
London July 31. Two English women, Miss Gladys Gregory and Miss Dorothy Davis, have become the first female members of the British Institute of Actuaries. Both, young, passed a rigorous exam in arithmetic and insurance technique, breaking a longstanding male barrier.
A O Wharton and F Grable of the U S railroad labor board issue a pissenting opinion attributing the federated chaperatte strike to Chair man Ben Hooper and R M Barton failing to grasp trade union ethics valued by bona fide unions.
In Montgomery Alabama on July 31 Senator Oxcar W Underwood addressed the state legislature stating he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination if the people want him and Alabama sends delegates instructed to vote for him The speech was viewed as a formal campaign bid with the candidate signaling his readiness to join the race
Directors of the Greater Water association authorized a committee to launch a fundraising and advertising campaign to place Waterloo on the Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific trail. The group, including Stephen D. Brown and J A Young, met with L P Courshon, field representative for the transcontinental highway, to inform tourists of Waterloo provisions and attract travelers with center advertising and a marked trail.
Harold Loring, lecturer on Indian customs and interpreter of their music, spoke to the Kiwanis club on Indian life as he has observed it during 17 years among reservations. He urged that Indians are a child race needing guiding hands from Americans and urged officials to view issues from the Indian perspective. He recalled Sioux elders recounting Custer battles and alleged atrocities, noting the massacre song he heard and played on the piano. Loring spends winters lecturing on Indian Ute life and currently serves as an organist at a local theater.
New York July 31 The United States Steel corporation declared the regular dividend of 1 1-4 per cent on common and 13-4 per cent on preferred stock. Net income June 20 was $34,828,224.
Officials of Illinois Central Western lines convened an all day freight service meeting at Hotel Russell Lamson with about 70 attendees including superintendents staff and division officers. W Scott Williams presided as the session covered freight handling train operations and business promotion for the western lines with adjournment for lunch and a 1:30 pm reconvening.
Chicago July 31. Wages of reinmen conductors clerks maintenance of way employes and shop laborers of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway were reduced to the level of March 1 1920 by a decision of the United States Railroad labor board today.
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 31 boys walking near a gas main smelled fumes and struck matches ignoring an ad. The resulting ignition ripped the main and caused a gas explosion. Samuel Bentley returns from a four week trip to California visiting his son in Long Beach. In Chicago three Newark Shoes stores on Milwaukee Avenue burned, destroying hundreds of pairs and causing about 40 000 dollars in damage.
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