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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1923
Page
8
Mark Sullivan analyzes 1924 prospects amid European reparations talks and the Ruhr crisis. He notes U S prosperity could hinge on reparations settlement, with France’s Ruhr invasion unexpectedly stimulating American trade while threatening later global disruption and political risk. He warns farmers and builders face tax and labor shifts, road programs draw state bonds, and a rural-urban labor shift pressures taxes and public policy.
Des Moines March 21 Gov Kendall was notified today of the resignation of Horace Mann Towner as congressman from the Eighth Iowa district. The resignation is effective April 2. Towner resigns to become governor of Porto Rico, succeeding E Mont Reily. Kendall has not decided the date for the special election to choose a successor. It is likely the election will be held this spring. Delegates to a special congressional convention will nominate candidates.
Washington March 21 The United States Weather Bureau reports after fifty years of study that rainmaking fog breakup and storm prevention by scattering or electrically charged sand from planes is impossible The agency ridicules such schemes and says mere humans cannot control the weather Many similar attempts were made in the past but failed and the government states its position clearly
Copenhagen reports that after a favorable war council decision at Moscow Leon Trotzky proposes four new factories to manufacture munitions and other war materials, aiming to bolster Russia's war effort.
Lawrence Massachusetts March 27 The American Woolen company announces a wage increase of 12 1 2 percent to take effect April 1 The raise affects 15 000 workers here and about 30 000 in over 50 mills across New England and New York state
Indianapolis March 21 Federal investigators probed witnesses in the Gary booze fraud cases for withholding testimony. Several witnesses including Homer Elliott district attorney in charge of the prosecution refused to repeat prior grand jury testimony. Investigators sought to determine if threats or pressure influenced statements. New threats against Judge Ferdinand A Geiger and Elliott were received by the mail but dismissed as the work of cranks.
Des Moines March 1 The Iowa Senate moved toward gender parity in party affairs nearly unanimously inviting women to joint party management, with only three senators opposing. A bill to place one woman and one man from each section on county central committees and one woman from each district on the state central committee was put on the calendar after committee leaders ducked its fate. House debates focused on education policy as Gallagher saved a bill for secondary school curricula and banning interschool athletic contests from being scrapped, while House members postponed dozens of bills including Colpert’s $750,000 normal school funding and Stookesberry’s education board election bill. The Bowman resolution for rural credits constitutional amendment advanced, and opponents defeated Blake’s school district audit bill 27 to 10 after an amendment. House action on rural roads, tax, and telephone rate control continued with the Lake Wil project deferred. The Senate defeated a state audit bill and a separate intent to audit school districts. The day closed with discussion of state telephone rate control and local versus state oversight, to be revisited tomorrow.
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Reports from Recklinghausen say French authorities voice a plan to withdraw as violence eases in the Ruhr. German officials seek an opening while Paris demands direct talks. No further strikes noted and many miners and railroad workers seek to return to work.
Washington D C March 21 President Iarding granted a pardon to Charnell Tidwell a half bread Cherokee Indian who served 25 years in the Atlanta federal prison for a murder he did not commit Tidwell vindicated by the deathbed confession of the wife of Jim Brown the man he was charged with killing Five applications for a pardon had been rejected by Presidents Roosevelt Taft and Wilson before an investigation by Attorney General Daugherty
Paris dispatch reports Lady Carnarvon wife of famed explorer learns Lord Carnarvon is improving. She plans to fly from Lyons to Rome if possible or proceed to Egypt by boat, while Dr Myde speeds ahead by air. George Smyth accompanied her.
Madison moves to criminalize wearing masks or disguises in public, making it a misdemeanor for anyone to conceal identity. Violation carries a $1000 fine or up to six months imprisonment. The measure targets the Ku Klux Klan and was introduced in the Senate as a composite of bills by several members.
Washington March 21 The British foreign office shows no formal overtures to South China while awaiting reports from diplomats. Canton authorities meanwhile seek to float a 16 million dollar loan in England to improve the harbor, shifting from American to British capital after U S approval issues.
In Monticello and near Blanding Utah a band of Piute Indians led by Old Posey faced a siege after a battle that left one Indian dead and several wounded. Sheriff Oliver and a posse pursued the group through rocky woods, with exchanges of gunfire and horses shot. The fight stretched for hours, Posey’s group surrounded. authorities feared more whites could be harmed.
Stockholm reports a Moscow source says a state of war could be declared to save the communist regime if Lenine dies. Javestia hints at factional strife ready to emerge. Katenine may seek full power for the committee of commissars but faces opposition from Protzky and others. Kaminov and Radek named as possible premier and adviser.
At a Granite City soft drink parlor shortly before midnight, two bandits were killed and a third mortally wounded in a hold-up attempt. Owner Whit er Nichols was wounded in the hand but fired on the attackers, forcing the safe to open and fatally wounding one assailant as a second fled. the third was arrested later.
The State's attorney's office says Oliver Cole, 17, confessed last night to the murder of Henry Underwood during an apparent holdup. The office announced a request for a sentence of life imprisonment.
Defense attorneys in the Herrin massacre trial petitioned Judge Hartwell to rule out prosecution evidence. The judge had ruled that testimony from three witnesses was not pertinent to the killing of Antonio Matkovich.
A district court jury orders Charles Hacker and Cornell Khafts Jr to pay Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad $1 for damages after a collision near York Nebraska. The incident involved an automobile track and locomotive and followed an earlier lawsuit for $4,150.
The Paul Davis Dry Goods Co sold the Totssell-Lamont corner at Fourth and Commercial to the Conard interests led by J B Johnson. They plan a five story fireproof building costing about 450000 to house all departments and later rise to ten stories, ready for spring 1924 trade.
New York March 21 Fortunes rose and fell on Wall Street as Pigely Wigsly surged from 75 to 116, aided by Clarence Saunders of Atlanta and Memphis, former drummer and founder of the Diggly Wiseley chain. Saunders, suspended from the Stock Exchange, loomed as a dominant figure in the grocery trade amid a volatile session and a brisk market bid.
Secretary of State Hughes told a 40 member delegation from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom that U S policy toward Soviet Russia remains unchanged He warned against promoting repudiation and confiscation and urged good faith negotiations before any recognition of Soviet authorities.
Boston report says Nico Jo Sacro, convicted IT inmate at Reston Psychiatric Hospital under Judge Webb Mep Thayer, injures himself when he fell from a hospital bed. Officials cite nervousness or self caused fall as cause. Sacro has been on hunger strike for several weeks.
Chicago March 21 Indications were that the transfer of Morris and Co physical properties to Armour and Co would be completed within the next day or two after plans called for an 230 o’clock transfer this morning. Details remain unreported.
Rockford police believe Tony Lazzerini 19 years old operated a still found at his parents home. Authorities disclosed 14 barrels of mash several gallons of liquor and an efficient plant. Lazzerini said he ran the still to raise funds for an Appendicitis operation.
Dublin reports twenty one Irish insurgents arrested today amid a crackdown. The operation involved security forces near rebel headquarters and follows recent publicized activities by the rebel publicity bureau linked to Willis Hy Booth of See You. Local authorities declined further comment on outcomes or prosecutions.
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