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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1923

Page

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Bryan Defeat Sparks New Push in Fundamentalism Fight

William J. Bryan faced a setback as a resolution to ban teaching evolution in Presbyterian schools failed by about two to one at the General Assembly in Indianapolis. He vowed to renew attacks on Darwinism while the assembly adopted a liberal substitute and prepared to hear the Fosdick case later. The bills and overtures committee rejected Philadelphia’s protest against Fosdick’s doctrines, recommending the New York presbytery report next year. The assembly also endorsed a world court resolution and maintained American membership relationships.

Associated Prear Indianapolis William J. Bryan General Assembly of the Presbyterinan Church of the United States of America Harry EB. Fosdick Fosdick Ind Presbyterian Church Today Presbytery Philadelphia Harry Emerson Fosdick General Assembly New York League of Nations World Court Harding Lawa Armstrong Legislative Committee State Assembly Iowa Federation Iowa Magazine Assocated Press Federation Tova Laura J. Gater Legislative Department Ilora Duninp Edward Franklin White G. aAssembly H. C. Wilbur Claude Bennett Industrial and Social Relaions Louisy Cattrell Harry Olson Municipal Court Chicago

Chinese Brigands Fail to Carry Out Execution Threats

Diplomatic efforts intensify as Shantung bandits threaten to execute Americans and other foreigners. Foreign powers discuss reinforced troops for railways and protection measures. A Chinese censorship in Peking delays dispatches while Washington warns against direct action, citing risks to all U S nationals in China.

Shantung Tokio Peking Jincheng Washington D. C Harding Hey St Tgly United Stat Yansom Germiandet Tapti i United States China

Tiger Woman Had Plans to be First Lady of Honduras

Continued from page one, Tiger Woman was placed in an automobile and whisked toward Puerto Cortes. She was escorted by suspects and local authorities as trunks and bags were searched for papers. The United States minister stated Mrs. Phillips would enter America through New Orleans. Her sudden removal from Tegucigalpa caused surprise here.

Puerto Cortez Honduras linder-Sher- Biscalluz Hunter Hiunier United States Phillips America New Orleans Tezucigalpa

New York Court Names Guardian for Pratt’s Vast Interests

New York May 24 Charles Al. Pratt multimillionaire member of the Big Five that built Standard Oil has been declared incompetent by a New York court. His vast interests are placed in the hands of a commissioner. Pratt is 68 and has been under alienist care for months.

New York Charles AL. Pratt Standard Oil

Rum Fleet Off Virginia Capes Sighting Prompts Sealing

Norfolk May 23 A rum fleet with 12 0 cases aboard reportedly sails for sale at 34 dollars a case off the Virginia capes fourteen miles offshore as coast guard cutters Mascoutin and Manning monitor the area. Provisions for the fleet are said to come from Norfolk while attempts to buy bunker coal failed due to high prices. Rum runners reportedly sought a buyer for 2 000 cases at 550 dollars each but prospects remained doubtful. Firing was reported by Leach residents but unconfirmed.

International News Norfolk, Va Virginia Capes Coast Guard Mascoutin Manning Norfolk Runmers Gunn Leach

Fort Smith Man to Eat a Ten Pound Ham Stunt

A Fort Smith employee weighing 275 pounds agreed to eat a 10 pound ham in one sitting or pay for the meat. The staged event is set for Saturday as the main draw, following a preliminary display. Earlier, the man reportedly consumed three pounds of Jimburger cheese 39 eggs a gallon and a half of near beer and two pounds of barbecued meat in a single sitting. He then returned home to finish with corn bread turnip greens and bacon and a quart of buttermilk.

Fort Smith Swit; & Co Ross

Second Russ Reply Seeks Parley Over British Demands

Soviet Russia offers to hold a conference to settle disputed points with Britain and expresses readiness to conclude an agreement granting British citizens rights beyond the three mile limit pending a settlement by an international convention on territorial waters.

Lordot

Pepe to Press World Peace Efforts Amid Global Tensions

Associated Press Rome May 2 Pepe Pius de allocation at secret n deplored struggles in Ireland Ruhr situation and events in Russia He pledged to continue to do everything possible to alleviate hearings of the world Two new cardinals were created Monsignor Luigi Sinceco assessor of the consistorial congregation and Monsignor Giovanni Battista Nasalis Rocca archbishop of Bologna

Rome Pepe Pius Ireland Ruhr Russia Woltd Luigi Sinceco Giovanni Battista Nasalis-Rocca Bologna

Police seize Chicago Board of Education offices

Chicago May 23 police held the Board of Education headquarters to seal seven new trustees. Mayor Dever ordered police to take over the offices to prevent ousted trustees from remaining in control. The new officers are to be seated late today.

Cheago Dpolice Chicago Board of Education Dever

Mexicali Fire Kills 11 Chinese and Counts 60 Deaths

Fire in Mexicali, started by a film at Cine Saloon, destroys 200 business houses and vast stock. Ten Chinese die, one crushed by a truck. total losses exceed $3 million with 200 homes homeless. Relief efforts move from Calexico to Los Angeles and San Francisco as authorities fear more fatalities from underground passages and opium dens.

Mexicali Mexico Jewel Calexico el Centro Chinese Mercantile Com Sam Lung Yeo Kee Company

Iowa Clubwomen Great President of National Body

President reports progress of the Iowa clubwomen federation as it strengthens and enrolls more clubs under the General Federation. Mrs. E. P. Armstrong notes a record increase in individual members and clubs, with dues raised to fund a new bulletin. The bulletin aims for self supporting circulation, without advertising, as junior clubs and broader improvements continue.

E. P. Armstrong

Claims that cotton crop estimates were inflated in 1921

J. B. Wannamaker president of the American Cotton association accused the crop reporting bureau of adding 5,060,000 acres to the 1921 cotton harvested figures. He said the inflated data were kept as a baseline for comparing crops in 1929 and 1924 and criticized Secretary Wallace for not acknowledging last month’s forecast errors.

St. Matthews Department of Agriculture J. 3 Wannamaker American Cotton Association Wallace

Indians to Fight Leasing of Lands in California

The Karak Indians of California filed suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to block leasing of their lands to Electro Metals and Federal Power companies. They claim title to a national forest reserve in California, recognized by the treaty of 1848 that ceded the land from Mexico to the United States.

Washington, D. C California District — of Columbia Supreme Court Federal Power Company Electro Metals Company San Francisco National Forest Reserve United States Mexico

Testimony implicates Cooper in altered 1917 inventory

In Dubuque on May 23, former Cooper bookkeeper G. P. Ball testified that A A Cooper ordered halving the 1917 inventory figure and sought a revenue agent's goad to inspect the books of the Cooper Wagon and Buggy Co. Ball described pre arrival instructions, missing inventory records, and coercive pressure while government lawyers pressed for a verdict in the income tax fraud case.

Associated Press Dubuque Cooper A. A. Cooper A. C. Cooper Wagon & Buggy Co A. A W. F.copper George ©. Scott United States District Court G. PL Ball Los Angeles Cal Cooper Company Stott Ball Gillin Felix Schmidt Louis R. Murphy Internal Revenue Collector 4. A. Cooper Wagon & Buggy Company Kelleher

Gov Sweet accuses railroads of evading federal law

Washington May 23 Gov William E Sweet Democrat Colorado argues railroads openly flout the Esch Cummins act by pooling profits through lavish expenditures. He says larger roads profit while smaller lines suffer losses, with the public footings the bill as he backs consolidation of U S rail systems.

Sweet Washington, D. C William E. Sweet Colorado la Follette Wisconsin Sweat

Record Grain Shipments Exceed 1.3 Million Bushels

Superior Wis May 23 Seven ships cleared the harbor in the 24 hours ending at 7:30 last night carrying 1 365 000 bushels of grain. It marks the largest grain shipment from the harbor in 24 years.

Superior Wis

Hooper Re-elected Head of Labor Board in Chicago

Ben W. Hooper was re-elected chairman of the United States labor board in Chicago on May 23. G. W. Hanger, backed by opponents of Noner, named vice chairman. Henry W. Grout, executor, closed the Elwood estate by selling the last real estate, a Newton street lot near Byron avenue, at public auction.

Hooper Labor Board Chicago Ben W. Hooper United States Faulpood Labor Board G. W. W. Hanger Elwood Henry W. Grout Newton Street Byron Avenue

Osteopath speakers decry overreliance on suggestion

In Des Moines the Iowa osteopathic association convention heard Dr. M. E. Brown denounce excessive suggestion and lack of genuine treatments by physicians of all schools. He called such practice a cheap graft and urged real care. Dr. C. C. Chrestianson linked nervous disorders to lax parental discipline. Tonight’s banquet features notable doctors as attendance nears 300.

Des Moines M. E. Brown Siouxity Iowa Osteopathic Association Cr. C. Chrestianson Keokuk G. W. Goode Boston Mass C. J. Ga

Weather in Iowa Adversely Affects Farm Progress

Weather in Iowa has been adverse to farm progress with sunshine and rainfall far below normal. Corn planting is about 80 percent complete while most acreage is prepared. Farmers delay sowing for warmth. little corn is up in places, some rotting due to wet soil and cold. Wheat oats and barley are doing well and fruits appear uninjured by late frosts Des Moines March 4 near term report by weather and crops bureau

Bureau Des Moines Maerralei

Funeral plans for Melvin Stoecker in Charles City

Charles City Iowa May 23 elaborate funeral plans set for Melvin Stoecker a local high school youth fatally wounded early Sunday when mistaken for a rum runner The funeral at First Methodist church will be attended by the entire student body Authorities believe a tip about rum runners was a hoax possibly originated by those planners to lure the party Attorneys for Deputy Sheriff Cutler and Ralph Johnson charged with murder waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to the grand jury with bonds set at 10000 each.

Charles City Melvin Stoecker Charles City High School First Methodist Church Cutler Waterloo Ram Mason’ City Ralph Johnson Young Stoecker Grand Jury District Court

Foolish Talk Leads to 30 Days in Sioux City Jail

In May 28 police court Fredi Markey was jailed for 30 days after an alleged saucy telephone conversation with Mrs Mrs Clarence Peterson. Testimony showed Markey stopped her on the street and an argument followed. He later called her on the telephone and she said he burned out all the wires in his trade on her.

Sioux City Fredi Markey Clarence Peterson Fred Markey Paterson

Waterloo Bidder for Horticultural Show

Des Moines May 23 Waterloo Cesar Rapids Clinton and Boone are bidding strongly for the fifth biennial Midwest Horticultural exposition to be held in November next year. R S Herrick secretary of the association said the state executive board will meet Dec 7 to decide the meeting place. Herrick describes the exposition as a 25600 dollar event.

Des Moines Waterloo Cesar Rapids Clinton and Boone R. S. Herrick Herrick

Gov Kendall unable to attend rail valuation conference

Des Moines May 23 Gov Kendall will be unable to attend the rail valuation conference in Chicago Friday and Saturday due to illness. His condition is reported satisfactory by physicians and he is expected to return to his office soon.

Des Moines Kendall Chicago

Des Moines Lands Emergency Landing Field for Night Air Mails

Senator A B Gummins learned that the post office department bought a 40 acre tract five miles southeast of Des Moines as an emergency landing field for the proposed night air mail service to begin July 1.

Des Moines A. B. Gummins Washington

Ku Klux Klan Crosses Burn Near Cedar Rapids

May 23 Cedar Rapids residents witnessed fiery crosses on a hill two miles northeast of the city during an outdoor Klan ceremony. A Cedar Rapids Republican reporter was allegedly kidnapped by two masked members but not harmed.

Cedar Rapids Ellis Park Cedar Rapid Republican Invisible Empire

Boiling Soap Burns Kills Farmer's Boy in Iowa

Cedar Rapids reports a farm boy, George Odland, died after a kettle of boiling soap he overturned at his Fairfax home on Monday. Medics rushed him to a Fairfax physician, but the burns proved fatal last evening. The accident occurred while the boy played about the floor of his father's home.

Cedar Rapids George Odland Fairfax

Des Moines State Briefs Summary of Trials and Local News

Des Moines reports George Lewallen a former Antisaloon League agent on trial for the murder of Delia Dickerson, alleged by Mrs. Johnson Dickerson. In Centerville a mine accident injures Freddie Lacabye. Des Moines sees school and state budget shifts including new Dickerson at Atlantic public schools. Sioux City convicts James Pennington for murder with eight year indeterminate term. Mason City hosts a banker convention as 200 bankers gather from seven counties. Fort Dodge notes Iowa Republican committee activity and Burnsquist twin birth. Des Moines bids open for 100000 tons coal for state institutions and bonuses bond sale resuming with no bids expected until June 2.

Des Moines George Lewallen Delia Dickerson Johnson Dickerson Atlantic Walnut E. S. "Boshardt Dickerson Sioux City James Pennington Henry Jackson East Side Mason City Fort Dodge Iowa Republican Central Committee B. B. Burnquist Burnquist Minneapolis State Board of

Straton Hissed at Baptists Meeting in Atlantic City

Dr John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Church New York interrupted the Northern Baptist convention in Atlantic City May 23 protesting the presence of Brown University president W H P Faunce as speaker He argued Brown is too liberal in creed interpretation Faunce defense highlighted a shift toward a more progressive stance urging a move from pagan capitalist excess to a service focus in society

Associated Press Atlantic City N. I John Roach Straton Calvary New York City Northern Baptist Convention W. H. P. Faunce Brown University Straton Dr. Faunce Faunce Brown

Harding to Be Tail Cedar of Lebanon in Milford

Washington reports President Harding plans to travel to Milford Delaware in June to be initiated into the Tail Cedars of Lebanon, a Magonic organization. Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt and George B. Christian Jr. are slated for admission at the same ceremony.

Washington, D. C Harding Loday Milford Del Tail Cedars of Lebanon Magonic George B. Christian, Jr Theodore Roosevelt

Amundsen in Air in Defective Plane

Berlin dispatch reports Roald Amundsen’s polar flight plan faces peril from an old secondhand Junkers aircraft with a possibly faulty motor. The pilot and party left Kotzebue April 18 for Wainwright Alaska, 4410 miles away, aiming to reach Spitzenberg in the first leg toward the North Pole.

United Press Berlin Raold Amundsen North Pols Alyaska Ile Gothard Sachsenberg Junker Works Harkon Matmmer Seattle Junkers Spitzenberger Sa Ajaswe Widwight Alaska North Pole Amundsen Oscar Omdahl Spitzenberger Wainwright Kotzebre Seward Peninsula

Curzon to Remain in Baldwin Cabinet

London May 23 Sir Robert Horne declines the chancellorship of the exchequer in Baldwin's new cabinet. Baldwin to retain most of the old ministry after the unified resignations. Lord Curzon confirmed to remain foreign secretary. Lord Robert Cecil discussed a place in the new government.

Associated Press London Robert Horne Lloyd George Baldwin International News Wire Stanley Baldwin Robert Horne i Austin Chamberlain Robert Cecil Robert Tory Lord Curzon

Denial of 8 5 Million Bethlehem Steel Claim

The Bethlehem Steel Co. claim for 8 1 2 million dollars under wartime contracts was tentatively disapproved by the Shipping Board’s claim committees. A formal legal opinion outlines a sweeping interpretation of government contracts, implying possible government recovery of hundreds of millions paid in emergency construction settlements.

Washington, D. C Bethlehem Steel Company Shipping Board

Convention Rumor Sways Ford Campaign at Theater Owners Meet

Chicago May 23 delegates informally discussed charges that Ford supporters sought to control the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America convention as officers nominations began. Sydney Cohen of New York was named the sole candidate for president, continuing his role as association head.

Chicago Henry Ford United States Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America Sydney_Cohen New York

Battle at oil plant pits 506 strikers against breakers

In Martinez California a clash erupted between 606 strikebreakers and striking boilermakers at an Associated Oil Company plant near Martinez. Deputies led by Sheriff R. R. Veale arrived with shotguns to quell the riot amid an influx of strikebreakers from Oakland. Waterloo delegates to the United Commercial Travelers state convention plan to depart for Burlington tonight, including Ray Egert and Arch W. McFarlane among others.

Oakland Cal Associated “Oil Company Martitez Martinez R. R. Veale Waterloo United Commercial Travelers Burlington Ray Eggert Arch W. McFarlane C. W. Powell Howard J. Rouse B. M. Hart F. W. Pence

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