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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
9
A column rails against the "grouch" and chronic pessimism while recalling historical Indian uprisings and military tensions. It notes a Chicago murder trial, a Coast Guard blockade debate, and an Iowa journalist declaring the Navy won a maneuvers display in Hawaii, with mixed commentary on public sentiment and confidence.
Washington reports say US private investors will rate France’s credit high or low by its willingness to acknowledge and begin paying debt. France’s access to funds hinges on demonstrating payment intent, with Caillaux seen as a capable steward of credit.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 80 oclock. If you fail to receive by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach his office before 4 30 p.m.
General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, officially started the annual Poppy Day fundraiser by purchasing a poppy from little Miss Joy Authier of Washington, D. C., to aid disabled veterans.
Abnorial frost and freezing weather hit Paw Faw and Lawton districts in Michigan, damaging strawberry and grape crops with losses estimated over 2.06 million dollars. Other Midwestern states report hundreds of thousands in fruit spoilage as damage assessments continue. Temperatures dipped to freezing or below in northern Iowa and parts of Indiana and Missouri before warming toward 59 degrees expected nationwide.
A cable of condolence was sent from the Fellowship of Youth for Peace to the Japan League in Tokyo yesterday. The two day meeting of the group’s Far Rockaway gathering ends today with discussions on Japanese exclusion legislation and US naval maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean.
Chaim Ezera Cohen an 18 year old sophomore at the University of Chicago was ordained an orthodox rabbi last night the youngest in the world He began religious studies at age eight and will finish his university program before taking up duties at a synagogue.
Geneva May 1 The crisis in the international conference for control of traffic in arms and munitions created by America refusals led the League of Nations council to abandon plans for a central bureau Theodore E Burton head of the American delegation argued the bureau should not be tied to the league The practical effect is that the League of Nations will still collect and publish all arms data as if a central office existed
In a courtroom in Judge Wood's division Harry Bell described the November 23 tragedy in which a double barreled shotgun discharged during a confrontation with Ellsworth Kern in the Bell garage driveway. Bell admitted intoxication, said both men wrestled for the gun, and he refused to shoot his friend. The testimony covered pre conflict events, a blow that knocked Bell to his knees, and Kern’s attempt to retrieve the gun. The exchange pointed to mutual intoxication and a heated struggle over the weapon.
William Cavalier, 15, slain his grandmother in Mechanicsville and was sentenced by Judge R H Koch in Schuylkill county court to die in the electric chair. The brief three minute proceeding included the defendant’s statement of no counsel’s plea and an immediate appeal to the state supreme court. The court ordered execution at a day set by the state governor. Cavalier’s crime included robbing the grandmother’s body of nearly $1400.
Chicago health commissioner Herman N. Bundensen asserts in a weekly bulletin that the chronic grouch is a menace to society and, like opiate use, poisons the mind. He describes the act as a personal toxin that also corrupts the surrounding circle with fear and distrust.
Des Moines May 18 funeral services for James WL Warren 65 a former state senator will be held here Tuesday Death followed an apoplexy Sunday Warren was born near Yellow ia and attended Penn college at Oskaloosa He came to Des Moines from Pella where he practiced law in 1917 He served in the house of representatives from 1900 to 1904 and as senator from 1904 to 1908 He is survived by his widow two daughters two sisters and two brothers
London reports indicate the Balkan region is in turmoil as about 1500 soldiers engage in armed activity east of Sofa. Brigands clash near Tatar pojarik Stanimaka Shipka Lovetch and Shumen. arrests follow a plot to blow up the Simplon Orient Express. Five Bulgarian army communists tied to a mutiny at Kazanlik, with many communist suspects seized at border crossings.
Trustees of the newly formed school of religion at the University of Iowa meet in Iowa City on May 18 to draft a constitution. The Protestant institution aims to unite all religions, train religious teachers and leaders, and offer study in religion.
William Darling Shepherd goes on trial in Chicago for the murder of his millionaire foster son Billy McClintock as prosecutors seek the death penalty. Key witness Charles C. Faiman testifies he supplied typhoid cultures to Shepherd and planned the poisoning, while jury selection begins amid strong public interest and opinions on capital punishment.
Chicago dispatch reports nearly twenty people killed and many injured in automobile accidents at railroad crossings across the Midwest. States cited include Wisconsin at Oconomowoe Milwaukee and other towns in Indiana Minnesota Ohio and Tennessee with multiple fatalities and serious injuries.
Officials in charge of Des Moines first annual iris show sponsored by the Midwestern Peony and Iris Society. People packed the showrooms as plans were made to repeat the event next year. Mrs I H Sheriff of Oskaloosa won Sleepstakes in the two group events.
The annual state convention of the Catholic Daughters of America opens in Dubuque with over delegates attending. A reception last night featured poet Douglas Malloch. Fifty candidates were initiated into the local Dubuque court. Gov Davis testified in a separate bribery pardon inquiry in Topeka. The death of a livestock exchange president in Cherokee, Iowa, is reported. The Northwest Bankers Association holds its 29th annual meeting in Cherokeek, Iowa, with all district banks represented.
A dispatch from Dantzig reports about 60 000 White insurgents under Gen Bozavsky in possession of a large area of the Minsk region in western Russia. The movement against Soviet Russia is said to be growing as Red troops under Gen Bedeny clash with the Whites in Minsk.
Des Moines May 1 More than a score of persons are in jail here today as the result of Sunday raids conducted by police and federal officers. Bootleggers were surprised by the sudden activity of raiders who had been accustomed to signalled roundups on Saturdays and resting Sundays.
London May 18 Great Britain is not considering opening a line to France or others to sever relations with Russia Under-Secretary MacNeill told Commons that Savth’s move stemmed from a Daily Herald Berlin story claiming Britain contemplated a diplomatic offensive against Russia The Berlin report cited reliable authorities and alleged a joint note to Russia asking repudiation of the communist International
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