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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
9
A Marengo man sues for divorce and $310,000 alimony while a woman mayor of Iowa City loses by 46 votes, signaling shifts in gender roles. Other items note a San Francisco murder sanity hearing, Palm Beach fires, and state highway control votes.
Paris informs the United States France is not now interested in a fresh disarmament conference. Paris cites security needs and Spanish arms parity as prerequisites before disarmament talks. Washington notes France and England may sign a security pact with Germany, possibly before German league entry. France’s stance dims hopes for US led talks this year.
Warsaw reports Soviet reprisals feared after two Polish communists were shot by Police Sergeant Muraszio while being escorted to the Soviet frontier. The men, former army officers twice sentenced to death and reprieved by President Woiceichow ski, were to be exchanged for 34 Poles. Muraszio killed them minutes before delivery at the border, before performing his patriotic duty.
Prohibition agents raided an apartment in Cedar Rapids arresting R. H. McElroy and six others on charges of legal possession of alcohol. Mrs. Viola Butler, 25, of Selma Missouri, arrived during the raid and was booked on vagrancy. She explained her husband works in Kansas City and she sought to return home.
In Cedar Rapids H A McCullough of Marshalltown was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to transporting liquor with bootlegging charges dropped by the state. Dave Hartsell of Marshalltown received a 400 dollar fine on bootlegging and transporting liquor charges. The men were arrested several days ago.
Iowa City man Ralph Anson is detained by Los Angeles authorities amid allegations he issued worthless checks in 1922 while in Iowa City. He faces a 30 day California sentence for hotel fraud. Anson lists Muscatine, Indiana, as his home.
Cedar Rapids reports a 13 year old girl died after collapsing while watching a blaze at a burning barn. Despite aid, she died shortly after arrival. parents report a preexisting heart condition. Several others ran some distance to the scene before the girl collapsed.
Former Texas governor James E. Ferguson had his civil and political rights restored when his wife Miriam Ferguson, the first woman governor, signed amnesty into law. The impeachment of 1917 was overturned by the legislature, and Mrs. Ferguson remarked that it was the happiest signature she had written.
The bulletin reports London officials noting a “better might” advance and doctors stating health improvements. In Newcastle floods threaten miners entombed in a pit with rescue efforts hindered by rising waters. Route-Russia pledges 40 thousand tons of gasoline to Italian colonies over three years after a bid by the Soviet company. Prince George departs for Paris to join the Liberal party's Mediterranean cruise, marking his 25th birthday. Queen Wilhelmina is indisposed in Amsterdam. In Derwond, 50 Wehrmacht troops are believed drowned when a pontoon bridge collapsed during maneuvers. In Alisheim, Dr Rudolf Steiner dies at 65. In Etamps, several injured as Bordeaux Paris train derails for the second time in two weeks.
A report from Iowa describes Emma J. Harvat losing reelection as mayor of Iowa City by 7 to 3 votes, with Carroll elected mayor and Ruth Gallagher winning alderman at large. The Democratic party secured eight of eleven offices, reflecting a landslide in local races as voting spread across wards and factions.
Laramie Wyoming defeated Miami Florida 23 to 17 in the opening game. Devils Lake North Dakota beat Beaumont Texas 22 to 21 in a tight second game. Durham North Carolina triumphed over Helena Montana 29 to 19. Marshallville Georgia edged St George Utah 24 to 22 in the first afternoon tilt.
Thelma House, 14, daughter of Dr Arthur House of Ashland, was placed under the care of Mrs Grace Oldham in Wahoo by District Judge Hastings. She will stay with a special probation officer until May 2 when the state’s petition to place her in a home for dependent children will be heard after her father and brother were recently exonerated on statutory charges.
Vienna report says former Chancellor Seipel will withdraw from politics and resume teaching sociology at Vienna University. The faculty of theology will make sociology a principal subject and has offered the chair to Seipel.
Secretary Kellogg opened discussions with fellow cabinet members to shape the American attitude toward the upcoming Geneva conference on arms traffic. Weeks Wilbur Hoover agreed to participate after league talks, with the U S limited to conventions curbing arms trade under treaty constraints and surplus arms controls already in place.
Des Moines reports a slight change in the condition of J N Darling cartoonist, very ill in a local hospital. He spent a restful night and morning, with Dr A Rockafellow giving a report.
A notice states the Courier should be delivered before 3 30. If delivery is late due to carrier error or other cause, call S100 and request a copy of the paper be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 20 p.m. for action.
The Times issue features a 16 page supplement reviewing Texas resources and industries led by a special message from Governor Ma Ferguson. The edition highlights the Lone Star state's economic profile and government interest.
A hospital report links consuming undercooked pork to dracunculiasis like parasitic infection in the Karkosh family east of Hudson. Three family members, including 22 year old James and 10 year old Adolph, are seriously ill with high fever and muscle pain. Mrs. Karkosh and another son are also ill, while a fifth son has measles.
Fred K Milner pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and received six months in the Ft Madison penitentiary from Judge Boies. He drew a gun on the night watchman of the Artificial Ice and Fuel Co for several minutes before R W Gibson, the company manager, arrived and disarmed him.
Lincoln Nebraska March 31 Nebraska's bill for a two cent tax on gasoline was ready for the signature of Gov McMullen. The measure was strongly recommended by the Governor and is certain to take effect. A deadlock occurred when the house would not concur in a senate amendment striking out exemptions but a joint conference committee report allowing exemption for gasoline used in farm tractors and combines was adopted by both houses. Revenue from the tax will be combined with federal aid for the state highway system.
Des Moines March 31 The General highway central board gains expanded powers over the primary road system and Iowa secures continued federal aid. The measure creates a 10 million dollar fund and a 46 million dollar primary road fund, bans special assessments for primary road work, and allows county level financing and condemnation of cement plants and gravel needs. The bill becomes effective November 3.
New York report says coast guards captured the seaplane Lorrain II and crew for transporting whisky from rumboat to New York. The vessel was 100 miles off shore when seized by the Mo-ja-ve cutter bringing its quarry to port. Prohibition officers note possible seizure of the vessel under the British liquor treaty even if the rum line was offshore.
The Waterloo Progressive Co Operator issued its first edition published by the Black Hawk County Progressive Study club. Editor C. H. Milnes writes the weekly aims to be second to none in Iowa, serving farmers laborers and co operators with articles by J. E. Etckelberg and H. Luttan.
President Coolidge instructed the war department to proceed with full national guard armory drills, announced at the White House. The order follows the President's hold on deficiency appropriations for national guard armory drills.
Senator King of Utah drafts a bill to cut taxes by about 500 million dollars to compel government economy. The measure would cap aggregate taxes including normal and surtax at 25 percent, abolish many business taxes, and aim to reduce overall expenditures to curb spending. King says Republicans may cooperate for further cuts next session and cites a need for restraint amid talks with the White House on disarmament.
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