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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1925
Page
9
A Plait May Ute from the Utes was freed from murder charges after a verdict of guilty was returned under a judge's reaction. The trial revealed limited awareness of white man’s justice, with the medicine man Mamoo Joe guiding the convicted man.
Black Hawk county considers monthly grand jury sessions to speed trials and cut costs. County Attorney W A Cook and assistant F W Edwards outline benefits including quicker case handling, less evidence loss, reduced jail congestion, and lower taxpayer expenditure with a shift from semi annual to monthly meetings. Sheriff H H Wagner voices support citing existing inmate population and urgency in handling new cases.
In Detroit on November 17 Mrs Ella A Boole of Brooklyn was elected president of the National W C T U to succeed Miss Anna Gordon, winning 441 of 308 votes. Miss Gordon becomes honorary president after ten years in office. Ida B Wise Smith of Des Moines was elected first vice president and Neil Berger of Springfield second in a poll of 404 votes.
Mrs Louisa Marshall Ingraham 83 a cousin of the mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge wife of the president died at her Cowesville home last night She had been a resident of Louisa county for nearly thirty years
Hearing opened in the Appellate Court first district of Illinois on Harlan Brothers v Continental & Commercial Bank over $83,000 awarded for a shipment of food to Hithania after the armistice. Attorneys argue wartime law barred debts tied to shipments to former enemies allied with Germany, potentially invalidating the larger $500,000,000 contracts.
Shelburne Nova Scotia November 27 eight or nine United States sailors were drowned when their 26 foot boat capsized in a southwest gale while returning to the US Coast Guard cutter Merrill en route from the Great Lakes to Boston. Charles Taylor, the sole survivor, recounted the disaster near Shelburne harbor as rescuers searched the beach for possible survivors.
Red Oak Indiana reports that J P Simmons superintendent of Elliott Ta schools finds that fifty percent of high school students in the state miss common words. He lists fourteen commonly misspelled terms including catarrh, casserole, tuberculosis, x ray, bazaar, eucalyptus, and penitentiary.
Sioux Falls S D Nov 17 AP Fred W Sargent president of the Chicago Northwestern railroad died while hurrying to his mother Abbie Sargent in Mitchell He reached Mankato Minnesota and was to take another special to Mitchell when the death message arrived.
Broadway Gold a four year old bay mare sold by Glenn C Bown to Cecil B De Mille for 2500 at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland Oregon. The horse will join De Mille stables in Los Angeles where Cecilia De Mille, daughter of the director, exhibits such horses. Bown had owned the horse about a year and a half and Bruce Robinson trained and showed her locally and at fairs.
Students and parents in the east school district plan evening sessions tonight and tomorrow to observe National Education week. All grade schools except Hawthorne dismissed this afternoon and will reconvene at 7 p.m. The program extends to Hast High and Hawthorne on Wednesday and includes special education week events at East High and junior high Friday at 7 30 p.m. West schools invite parent visits all week.
Algona Ia Nov 17 James R Matthews son of Judge Matthews of Dubuque was instantly killed near Whittemore when the car he rode in ran into a ditch His neck was broken His wife drove the car and attempted to help her three children were uninjured They were returning home from Woolsey S B where they had been hunting The body was taken to Dubuque
Francis B. Powell of the American Chamber of Commerce in London writes Senator Borah urging U S adherence to the world court. He notes residents of a foreign country and leaders of major American firms support the U S role in world trade and in the court.
The notice states paper delivery by 5 30 each day with the carrier or other error affecting receipt. If the paper is late, call S100 to receive a copy. Phone requests must be made before 6 20 p m to the office.
London reports Virginian Lady Astor urging an international halt on submarines as many see abolition as desirable if major powers act together. France maintains submarines as a defense arm and will not join a general abolition but may discuss the issue at a future naval disarmament conference.
Ottumwa Iowa AP dispatch reports Mystery Youth, now definitively identified as Frank Bray of Enid Oklahoma, was taken to Des Moines today by Chief B A Griffith and handed to military authorities at Fort Des Moines. He reportedly deserted from Kelly Field Texas after a plane crash left him unable to regain mental faculties.
Los Angeles businessman John R. Osborn reported to Pasadena police that $100000 in liberty bonds and $800 in currency were stolen while he stayed as a guest at the Hotel Marsland in Pasadena on November 17.
Automobile license No. 14000 was issued at 2 p.m. today to Rl Abrams of 216 Rebel Avenue in the county treasurer's office. The 14000 licenses issued since last December 1 exceed the previous yearly record by $00. Two weeks remain in the current license year.
Washington November 17 AP Mrs Margaret Landsdowne widow of the Shenandoah’s commander told the Shenandoah court she did not use the expression false testimony in describing a newspaper interview She said efforts were made to twist the facts and that Capt Foley sought to influence her testimony She testified about statements attributed by Charles Palmer and about rehearsal and pressure to read a prepared statement in court
An elderly Waterloo resident J M Miles recalls a long life, noting he has never served as a juror or been subpoenaed as a waitress in any court action. He describes early harnessmaking apprenticeship before machines were common and reflects on his move from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo 25 years ago.
In Toledo Ohio police seek a man linked to two women killed and a third badly injured by a serial assailant dubbed the “club killer.” The suspect struck again last night hitting Wilma Hadley a 25 year old phone operator as she walked, then fled. Earlier victims Emma Hatfield died September 1 after an attack May 24 and Lydia Butangartner found murdered August 21.
Rome reports the Pope orders that bestowal of papal titles be reserved for individuals with marked distinction in service to the church or humanity. The directive emphasizes conserving prestigious acknowledgments and limits future conferment to worthy recipients.
University of Iowa tests on 1 909 infants chart early development from three months onward. Findings show a three month old follows a watch by tick and can turn head. by nine months can grasp a string or imitate a move. at 15 months can pick a lock or screw a jar cap. Dr Burd T Baldwin led the study.
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