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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1927
Page
8
Fragmented report from Joliet jail describes a jailbreak attempt and ensuing investigations into bribery and smuggling. The piece mentions outbreaks, lawmen on alert, and concerns over safety as authorities probe complicity and lax controls.
Washington DC March 14 the United States supreme court said it would recess from Monday March 11 to Monday April 11 delaying opinions and court business as lawmakers await the next term.
Washington, March 4. President Coolidge faces a debate over his planned summer in the west. Supporters argue the trip signals a candidacy and a shift from habit, while critics fear it could alienate corn belt farmers. The location may influence his political fortunes as invitations multiply. (Continued on page two, column one)
In an address delivered yesterday, Indiana's chief executive framed a rescue mission as the path for churches to reach the fallen. Pledges for Bethel Mission, a local rescue church, totaled several thousand dollars after the speech amid a cash driven appeal.
Chicago police report a fourth gangland killing within 48 hours as investigators probe possible links between the shootings. No crew connected to the latest slaying has been identified while efforts seek to trace the pattern since the peace pact was said to hold.
Authorities widen search for 15 year old Mary Cabell a student at a fashionable New York school and relative of novelist James Branch Cabell. The manhunt spans New York Dallas Texas Callahan Conn Virginia Beach and surrounding areas as efforts to locate her continue with police seeking tips.
An obituary notice records Albert Frick, 22, buried in Union Cemetery after a 108 hour survival attempt with six comrades providing artificial respiration. The report notes his death followed paralysis from a Landry's incident. The ceremony included a blanket of white roses and carnations.
A heavy vote was indicated this morning in Creston where no contest appeared in the school election. Three vacancies are to be filled.
Tonopah reports a new three miles from the original strike at Weepah where Ed McKelvey, a 62 year old desert prospector, returns with the richest quartz yet found in the field. Other strikes noted three miles south on Wood and Irwin claims while overall take in the district remains small amid persistent rumors of bigger finds. Prospectors flood Tonopah as excitement peaks and local vendors struggle for attention.
Cantonese troops launch offensive near Wujiang and Soochow as martial law spreads in Shanghai. British outposts bolster defenses while reports of internal Cantonese dissent and clashes with northern forces unfold along the Nanking Shanghai railway corridor.
A small ad lists San Felice Henry George Thalita and Havana Ribbon 5¢ cigars. The snippet presents an advertising item with pricing and brand mentions from a period newspaper page.
The notice explains that if the Courier paper is not delivered by 5:30 p.m. due to carrier error or other cause, readers should call the office at the provided number to have a corrected copy sent, with calls to reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
San Juan Porto Rico March 14 United States Senator William H King Utah sails today with the hope that he may be able to continue to Haiti where he says he has been advised a great reception awaits him. State department officials say they are powerless to aid his entry into Haiti which has barred him as undesirable. Kellogg to Confer on Case Washington March 14 Back at his desk from a hunting trip in South Carolina Secretary Kellogg arranged a tentative meeting with Haitian minister Wannibal Prince to discuss the exclusion of Senator King from Haiti while John H Russell American high commissioner already has presented views to President Borone. The Haitian president denies admission and no diplomatic channels are open to change his stand. The minister’s visit is to prevert formally to Kellogg.
A woman testifies she killed William Stout a 65 year old farmer and stepfather of her sweetheart Arthur Stout 33 at the Stout farm and hid the body in a well. She awaits trial on a charge of first degree murder as the case unfolds.
A 20 month old Chicago baby, initially pronounced dead after pneumonia, revived after four hours of artificial respiration by Dr. Ehrlich and team including Dr. Sperl Cain and Nurse Rohrsen. The child, once unresponsive, gradually regained normal respiration and was later reported nearly normal. The incident followed concurrent medical advances in Evanston helping Alfred Frick with diaphragm paralysis.
Miss Maymenelly, 22, is hospitalized in Sioux City in serious condition after a car ride with three men who took her to a lonely suburban road and assaulted her. Charles Jiall Clarence John and Henry Ariosio, all about 22, are held by police with charges of criminal assault. John admits driving but denies participation in the assaults. his companions allegedly committed them.
Calcutta March 14 reports say nine persons were killed and 20 injured in a railroad wreck about 180 miles from here. Details are sparse as information comes in from the scene and railroad officials. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
Ottumwa police captured Steve Radesovich after an early morning assault 13 miles west of Cheriton. He fled toward Gary Indiana but was shadowed by a friend of Stachovich and arrested after an employee phoned police at Union Station. He is held pending Lucas County authorities.
Pittsburgh March 14 police via telegrams spread guards along the international boundary from Detroit to Erie to track a gang blamed for the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal armored pay car bombing and robbery. Five guards were injured and $104,000 taken. Detroit Erie Buffalo and Canadian cities alerted. two suspects arrested Saturday night.
A court hearing centers on the defense motion to exclude testimony about an alleged attack on Jews. Senator James A. Reed leads the defense, arguing Ford publications used the term Jew and Jewish with sinister meaning. Gallagher objects, citing articles naming Lasker, Meyer, Baruch, and others as part of a “Jewish Ring” impacting farmers nationwide.
The interview notes an elderly resident in Beanfield Iowa talking on a fine morning about bicycle use since former times. He recalls the family bicycle has lasted 20 years without theft and notes his father Banfield influenced his views on manhood in Iowa.
A garbled report ties car incidents to illness outbreaks, citing typhoid and whooping cough cases with a total figure of 5645 and 687 for two conditions. It notes many victims are under age 15 and references a wholesale report with ambiguous phrasing and scattered figures.
Palm Beach Florida March 14 The Ocean City bank of Delray failed to open today the third bank within 20 miles to close this morning State bank examiner in charge The Farmers Bank & Trust Co withstood a run last week when three banks in the resort closed announced last night through T F Reese president that the bank would not be open for business today and the First National Bank of Lake Worth failed to open this morning leaving no banking institution in Lake Worth The First Bank & Trust Co having closed Feb 23
Britain informally urged President Coolidge to limit the proposed tri‑partite disarmament conference to Pacific armaments. London escalates efforts to involve France and Italy as observers. Washington officials consider beginning naval restraint with the 10,000‑ton cruiser class, the next step beyond Washington treaty limits, as Geneva prepares for a three‑power conference.
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