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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
11
Germany goes to the polls to elect a successor to Freidrich Ebert with seven candidates. a majority is needed, likely triggering a second ballot on April 26. The landmark vote tests popular election for head of government in the young republic.
Washington March 29 Gen Dawes aims to inject a driving personality into the Senate and push changes to curb dilatory tactics. He plans a national speech tour starting April 21 to argue for modifying Senate rules, especially Rule 22, to permit closing debates with a two thirds vote, as seen in the Isle of Pines affair. The plan centers on Dawes as a transformative figure who could pressure public opinion and restore accountability in the upper chamber.
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Hartford March 25 Gerald Chapman stood before Judge Newell Jennings in the Hartford trial for the murder of New Britain policeman James Skelly. A waitress Lillian Kiell testified she helped place the rope around his neck, as police guarded against escape and a photographer was arrested for attempting to photograph the defendant. Kiell described taking Chapman and Walter Shean to a room at the Old Colony inn near Meridan, providing towels and an alarm clock before they left with an automobile in the night setting.
In Sturgis South Dakota Judge James McNenny ruled the Faith Catholic school board may expel high schoolers who leave during bible reading. The case A Finger vs school board centered on reinstatement of students who refused to stay in class. The decision grants the board sole discipline authority and allows it to require reading any bible version it deems fit.
Detroit men George Adams and Charles Slater were recaptured near Martele after escaping a county jail cell during a blizzard. They were brought to Fort Madison and sentenced to 10 years each after a Oxford Junction burglary, a gunfight with the store owner.
One hundred eighty Deadwood high school students returned to classes after a peace conference with the board over the refusal to renew Superintendent A. E. Hollister’s contract. The group had previously gone on strike in protest of the board’s action.
Edward Prince of Wales departed London for Portsmouth to begin a 25,000 mile cruise to Africa and South America as British empire ambassador. A night of dancing preceded the voyage with a staff of cooks stewards and waiters, plus valets and servants, accompanying him. He brings his banjo as a pastime onboard.
At the Des Moines conference morning session the board of church extension was elected. Members are Rev. Charles Pickford Hubbard, Rev. P. R. Blakely Zearing, G. H. Hake LeMars, I. W. Davis LeMars, and Q. Strand Manly. Bishop M. T. Maze of Harrisburg presides. Zion church sent a bouquet for the jubilee at last night’s session.
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana was indicted on conspiracy charges over oil land permits. He appeared in the District of Columbia supreme court and furnished $1,000 bail through a bonding company. Charles A. Douglas, his counsel, accompanied him in court.
Bandits cut telephone lines in Cold Springs Minnesota to isolate villagers and wound two citizens as they blasted the First National Bank vault. They seized about $5,900 in cash and Liberty bonds then fled in an automobile, holding the town in terror.
An avalanche overwhelmed a passenger train bound for Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, March 28. Rescue teams worked to extract victims, with many believed killed and others injured as passengers were buried in deep snow.
Washington forecast notes a cold start to the week with snow in the Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Temperatures gradually moderate later in the period as the outlook covers Monday onward and snow is possible again toward the end.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate passed a house bill adding a two cent gas tax to fund road improvements. The measure, expected to raise about 4.75 million annually, would distribute revenue by county area with exemptions for farm machinery and municipal use. The bill now returns to the senate for concurrence before Gov Hammill's signature.
Des Moines reports the first Iowa liquor law enforcement case. Mrs. Patrick Jones was arrested with moonshine and held in Municipal court as a bootlegger. Under the new law possession of any intoxicating beverage is evidence of intent to sell, with a potential 20 day jail sentence if convicted.
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 28 Mrs Walter Camp 22 a pretty bride of a year after quarreling with her husband at breakfast waited for him to leave then used his small rifle to shoot herself The muzzle knocked upward the bullet entered her left shoulder and plowed through her body into a wall She ran outside fainted neighbors called physicians who said she would live unless blood loss proves fatal Mrs Camp has been married twice Her parents Mr and Mrs William Yong farmers near Hampton
Chicago March 28 Temporarily blinded by an eye operation P J Regan could not find his way to safety and died in smoke as a fire swept the fourth floor of the Chicago Eye Hat Nose and Throat hospital downtown. Nurses and firemen carried out other patients hindered by bandages and effects of operations while a basement blaze spread through an elevator shaft. Several had narrow escapes.
London March 28 The German offer for a basis for security pact negotiations was renewed today with the explanation that Germany's proposals do not influence questions of Germany's eastern frontiers. The proposals include recognition again of Germany's obligation to demilitarize the Rhine zone and are said to wipe out objections of the French allies Poland and Czecho Slovakia and ease negotiations.
Governor Hammill approved the long and short haul bill and a measure prohibiting use of peyote by Indians in religious ceremonies. Protests had been filed and a public hearing was held yesterday. The haul measure reportedly passed the railroad commission before the signature.
The body of Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, is removed from Arlington Cemetery after nearly eight years to Bethlehem chapel in Washington cathedral for viewing with other notable dead. Military honors accompany the transfer arrangements.
Des Moines March 2 the legislature prepared a resolution of sympathy for George Hammill father of Governor Hamill. The governor and Mrs Hammill left Des Moines for Britt to attend funeral services Sunday.
In heavy fog the submarine S-44 struck a rock in Narragansett Bay last night but sustained only slight damage. It anchored in the bay and will proceed to Newport, Rhode Island as soon as the fog lifts, according to navy department advices.
Affidavits allege Dr Farman obtained a confession by threats of prosecution and fear, linked to a typhoid ward case. Shepherd seeks bail while claims of intimidation expand to witnesses, with Marchand, Clark, and Barnett cited amid ongoing court battles and pending dates.
Des Moines March 28 guaranty bill became law after Gov Hammill signed it late yesterday. City officials urged veto. attorney general Ben Gibson said the measure would not be retroactive and constitutional. The bill eliminates bonds on public deposits and creates a state sinking fund from interest on all public deposits.
Murphysboro March 28 farm losses from the March 18 tornado were estimated at 1,338,689 after insurance, totaling about 2,000,000. Representatives of the Tingis Agricultural association announced the figures.
Des Moines March 28 Roads throughout the state were reported in a good condition by the Des Moines Automobile club in its weekly road report issued today.
John H. Wilson, 45, of Omaha, previously remarried after his first wife returned from presumed death in 1908. The first wife’s reappearance prompted a divorce suit by his second wife Jennie S. Wilson of Waverly. After failed attempts at reconciliation, Wilson shot himself in Omaha following the marital turmoil.
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