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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1924
Page
9
Inquest findings clear Mrs Bell of complicity in the Kern murder she allegedly handed a shotgun to her drunk husband to shoot Kern. evidence shows she tried to keep the gun away. Also included are notes on Samuel Gompers re election and various brief features from the era.
London debates whether to refer Egypt crisis to the League of Nations while Ziwar Pasha is offered a chance to form a government. British troops fortify Cairo and Port Said with tanks and sailors, as Allenby coordinates and delays further punitive actions until a moderate government takes hold.
Washington observers witnessed the christening of the ZR-3 airship renamed Los Angeles for nonmilitary use. Mrs Calvin Coolidge released white pigeons and toy balloons as officials heard a 21-gun salute and sang the Star Spangled Banner.
Chicago reports show 60 in 10,000 citizens are deadbeats in a study of 2,000,000 auto installment purchases. The finding suggests buyers maintain a social front to preserve prestige and pay debts rather than lose status.
Telegraph Briefs New York reports a hundred million dollar loan to France through J P Morgan Co subscription ran three to four times over. Washington Coolidge to inaugurate with simplicity under tentative plan after talks with Senator Curtis. Scranton strike order for 12 000 mine workers at 10 collieries in the anthracite field issued by the general grievance committee.
In Columbus Ohio November 25 a cabinet group led by three members of President Coolidge’s cabinet attended the funeral of Mrs Lucie Daugherty wife of former attorney general Harry M Daugherty. Ministers Weeks Werk and New were present and had been in Marion for Mrs Harding’s funeral. After services the body was taken to Washington Courthouse for burial.
Dr Charles G Shaw of New York University warns knickerbockers threaten democracy. He ties dress to public intent saying long or short pants reveal aims, with half pants signaling play or pose and suggesting they belong on the baseball diamond.
A federal grand jury indicted the New York Tribune Company publishers of the Herald Tribune in New York on November 25 for unlawful printing and publishing of a portion of income tax returns. The indictment was obtained by U S Attorney Hayward at the request of Attorney General Stone. No individuals are named in the indictment.
A new cabinet was appointed with Tuan Chiful as chief of executive power. The lineup includes several of Tuan's supporters but excludes Feng Yu-Hsiang, the Christian general whose seizure of Peking helped trigger the government change.
The notice states the Courier should be delivered before 5 30 o clock. If the carrier makes an error or delivery is late, call S100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Columbus authorities and Prosecutor King moved beyond a death by self harm theory and pressed a wide search for the unnamed killer in the Shearsley furnace case. Witnesses described a strange man calling at Dexley back doors asking to enter basements and warm himself by the furnace as detectives pursued bloodstain clues and possible exhumation.
Des Moines November 25 Mrs Nath an B Kendall wife of the governor underwent tonsil removal surgery at a hospital. She was reported progressing satisfactorily.
Council Bluffs Iowa November 25 Tay Graham harvest hand from Fort Smith Arkansas held up an air station Sunday night was raptured an hour later and yesterday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary Elmer Cohn has sold his interest in the Independent Meat Company taking effect December 1 J D Cohn is a former Waterloo High School and professional football player with no immediate plans for the future.
British and continental listeners, including London and Paris, heard European broadcasts last night with limited clarity due to interference from drifting tuning. In the U S a Cincinnati man reported picking up Berlin via a home set, whileLondon noted the first reciprocal broadcast test with KRDKA the only American signal clearly received.
In Chicago November 23 a jury was impaneled to hear bribery and conspiracy charges against Col Charles H Forbes former head of the U S veterans bureau and John W Thompson contractor. The panel was continued with testimony expected to start later today. Testimony will include Mrs Klen Yotaw sister of President Harding who worked at the bureau and Mrs Elias Mortimer former wife of a government star witness.
Wrashkington D C Nov 25 General Dawes vice president ed bray not sit in on cabinet meetings under President Coolidge if Coolidge did under President dardling it was indicated at the White House today. Dawes told the president when he visited him at Plymouth Vt last summer that he preferred not to attend the meetings. Coolidge has not decided whether he will request attendance or defer to all wishes. Dawes reasons for not wanting to attend the meetings were not a nade known.
A 22 year old youth, whose memory fails him for his parents or hometown, possibly the Memphis boy sought by authorities, appeared at Mrs. Fleming's home in Afton last Saturday answering the description. His mother had appealed to Governor Kendall weeks ago to locate him.
Albion, N Y Nov 25 Whism A Munson a county man from Orleans fled Albion over a month ago leaving tangled finances and liabilities near 1.99 million. He was arrested in Tampa Florida yesterday as part of a ruse against Lewis Sands widely known as the world bean king.
Nogales Ariz Nov 25 Charles Chaplin motion picture comedian is reported to have married Liza Grey also known as Letitia Louise Murray at 6 o clock this morning at Empalmo Sonora Mex. The report comes from Mexican authorities and local sources in Nogales.
New York officials report Dr. Percy Stickney Grant former head of the Ascension church in New York City is hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. After a preliminary exam he answered questions for over an hour. doctors call his replies perfectly rational despite recent attacks on his mind.
Falls City, Nov 25. Boya Nungon a young farmer whose bride of six months yesterday cut him down from a rafter in a barn where he was hanging himself. He complained he could not even hang without his wife's permission. Mrs Munson rescued and revived him and brought him to Falls City jail. He said he would go to work in Iowa. Physicians reported his condition not serious.
Mrs. Harry W. Bell, linked to the fatal shooting of Ellsworth Kern, was released by Judge J. C. Beem after coroner’s jury heard Kenneth Kern alter his statements. The boy testified Bell’s husband took two shells, and that raisin wine at the Bell home contributed to the night’s violence.
General Feng Yu-Hsiang resigns command and announces plans to travel to the United States. He telegrams Marshal Wu Pei-Fu inviting him to join abroad, aiming to foster peaceful reunification in China without further military interference.
Harlan A. Riggs of Lacona chairs a committee formed in October as a group of livestock feeders from Des Moines will meet on December 9 to discuss plans aimed at stabilizing live stock prices.
Washington November 25. Dr Alex Hrdlicka curator of physical anthropology at the National Museum told an audience that a low brow does not signal low intellect and a high brow does not guarantee high intelligence. He rejected the idea that head shape determines mentality noting that long or broad foreheads or a rounded cranium have no bearing on a man’s mind.
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