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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
9
The 148th anniversary of the US flag will be celebrated nationwide tomorrow. In Waterloo the Elks will lead ceremonies at Lincoln Park at 2 p.m. with local groups, a flag history reading, address by B. F. Swisher, and Cedar Falls Band music.
Washington dispatch examines trust politics amid Supreme Court rulings on two trade associations. It outlines how the Maple Flooring and Cement Manufacturers’ Protective associations operated to share past price and cost data while avoiding Sherman antitrust violations, with debate over their legality and impact on future policy.
Washington DC June 13 weather forecast expects the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri area to have partly cloudy skies with occasional showers and a cooler spell around the middle of the week.
The notice urges readers that Courier delivery should arrive before 3 40 and offers a phone contact for resending a copy if late due to carrier delay or other causes. It instructs callers to renew the affee before the stated time.
Linn County supervisors announced immediate improvement of primary road No 28 a busy link between Marion and the county line Contracts totalling 520 000 were awarded to Ryan and Son Missouri Valley for grading Peter Jenson Waterloo won the lifting contract for 591 J B Elliott and Son Independence to construct bridges and culvert for 3800 About 129 600 will fund an overhead crossing at Springville
Sheriff's posses search for Otto A. Fye after his sister Lillian Fye was found dead in the burned cabin near Montrose. Autopsy shows skull fracture prior to the fire. An inquest is scheduled for Monday.
The two day convention of the Alpha Pi Lambda fraternity in Siows City Iowa closed after business sessions. Sixty delegates attended with Des Moines Omaha and Kansas City among represented cities. Harold Schroeder of Des Moines served as president with Rex Ramsey and William Drake also attending as recorder and warder.
In Mexico City on June 13, reports from Washington stated Secretary Kellogg had issued a stern warning to the Calles government that American rights in Mexico must be protected. Foreign Secretary Seanez said he could not comment until official channels deliver the statement, with President Alles to respond if needed. Belief grows that Ambassador Sheffield may return.
Waterloo Elks Lodge No 290 plans a Flag Day event Sunday at 2 PM in Lincoln Park with Cedar Falls Band and a 46 piece ensemble leading a parade from the Elks home. Veterans from Civil War to World War II will attend as guards of honor and a floral liberty bell will symbolize liberty. If rain, services move to First Presbyterian Church. Waterloo lodge has about 700 members.
Sioux City council confronts how to allocate an extra 17 000 tax revenue from the Sioux City Service Co after confirmation of a 73 830 population. The street railway franchise bills rise only after 75 000 is reached, while 1920 census recorded 71 227 and a 1926 survey notes a decline in the rooming house district.
Brussels reports threaten dissolution of parliament over war pressures. Three leaders including Premier Theunis, Catholic M Vandervere, Socialist Van iderveld, and Liberal Masson fail to form a government. The king warns of dissolving parliament and calling general elections if a tri party compromise cabinet is not accepted before November elections.
Grass Valley Calif June 13 Robert Hill 37 a miner remained alive after more than 46 hours imprisoned in the Baltic tunnel of the Alta combination mine near Grass Valley. Rescue crews worked through the night to clear debris blocking the only escape route amid tapping sounds from the gravel car rails.
Physicians at Phillips House and Massachusetts General Hospital said Secretary of War John W Weeks is in satisfactory condition and improving rapidly after gall stone operation. Officials dismissed alarming reports as unfounded as of June 13 in Boston.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes plans a western tour following a July 24 Denyse speech supporting revision of senate rules. A Midwest address series in fall is also under consideration as he urges changes to allow a majority to end filibustering and resume Senate business.
Rev. J Soren Retholm of Askoy Minnesota was elected president of Grand View Seminary in Des Moines by the National Synod of the Danish Lutheran Church. The session discussed the Kirk sig Samler fund and proposed changes in the pension for aged ministers during the business meeting.
Rome June 13 Premier Mussolini is set to assume another ministerial post. The Tribuna reports he would hold agriculture and possibly foreign affairs aviation and agriculture roles, expanding his influence across key ministries.
A binjco artist known as Dock Gray pleaded in Atlanta court after six years, returning $2,500 taken and apologizing to W. D. Hill, a Confederate veteran. He faced an $10,000 fine and two months in jail in lieu of sentence after repaying state funds used to capture him.
The bodies of Myrie Ross a retired circus performer and Snowball a Wrench posite longtime teammate were cremated together near Alhambra California yesterday. Their ashes were placed in the same urn awaiting transport to Syracuse New York. Mme Ross requested this arrangement before her death yesterday and Snowball’s ashes were mingled with hers for his mistress.
Dr John Gatien Locke grand dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan was jailed for contempt of court for failing to produce income records covering 1913 to 1984 during a federal tax payment hearing held last Tuesday in Denver Colorado.
Senator Ja Polletty will celebrate his seventieth birthday in bed due to a severe cold from a sudden weather change. Doctors ordered rest, citing his recent ailments and the need to avoid further health risks as the birthday approaches.
Mazel Samuelson, first woman to edit the Daily Journal at The University of Iowa Law, was secretly married July 12, 1924, at Wapillo, Ta, to Alexander Miller of Des Moines. Miller is the son of Judes and Mrs. Jess E. Miller of Des Moines. Announcement of the marriage was issued today.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Margaret Corey formerly of Atlantic Indiana. She died suddenly Thursday evening in Towa City Iowa. Her son Paw Corey who graduated from the University of Iowa this week started toward Chicago the day before her death. Search by radio and other means has been conducted for him.
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 14 Thomas Hume Bissonnette professor of biology at Coe college has been appointed Pierpont Morgan professor of biology at Trinity College to succeed the late Frederick W. Carpenter. Announcement says the new chair will begin this fall.
Shanghai dispatches report Yunnanese troops driven from Canton by Cantonese forces under Bolshevik officers with Russian-led aid. Civilians attacked, foreigners harassed, and barriers erected as Cantonese advance prompts mass flight toward Hong Kong. Combined with British concessions attacked and protests over Chinese killings, the crisis deepens amid heavy shelling and looting.
Joseph H Vaughan was allotted one day a week to hold religious fervor on his porch by Judge Herman Zeuch in municipal court. Vaughan, who claims to found a new cult, was arrested for disturbing the peace while shouting in a religious setting. He filed an amendment to the judge's decision.
Telegraph briefs from Bloomington and surrounding areas report Chenoa school teacher Miss Nellie Weakley convicted for selling intoxicating spirits during her 13 years teaching in McLean County. In Mexico City two soldiers were wounded in a religious riot at Ciudad Hidalgo and 70 rioters were arrested. Geneva notes a U.S. stance on arms traffic oversight. Pikeville reports Congressman John W. Langley indicted in Pike Circuit Court on drunkenness charges.
Cedar Falls June 13 Special Twenty five young women attended a party at Miss Esther and Miss Bertha Tostlebe 1604 Town street in honor of Miss Esther Natzke who will wed Irving Wolfe next Wednesday Miss Natzke daughter of Mr and Mrs William Natzke 2604 Tremont street taught previously Wolfe a Town State Teachers college graduate has been named supervisor of music in Florence Kansas with plans to make their home after a motor trip Rev David Lang Paton Ia will perform one ceremony
Muscatine Iowa June 13 Incorporation papers show a new railroad company named the Burlington Muscatine and Northwestern. The reorganization of the former Muscatine Burlington and Southern line was purchased by E L Tobie of Monmouth UK who serves as president.
Detroit police report a patrolman, 24 year old Casi mir Kaliszewski, died after a bank robbery at the Central Savings Bank branch on Chene Street and Harper Avenue. An unidentified citizen was wounded as four men held up the bank, with early loss estimated at $23.00.
In Plymouth England frightened by American temperance delegates aboard the Red Star liner Zeeland. Fourteen dozen delegates to the WCLT.OL convention at Edinburgh say they come to tell about prohibition not to force it. Chief James A. Carender of Des Moines is among delegates.
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