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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
9
Reported in the aftermath of the Shenandoah disaster, an Ohio farmer fenced off the wreck site and charged visitors, drawing condemnation for profiting from tragedy. Other claimed survivors were later exposed and jailed, as public sympathy was manipulated.
Carl Sellers petitions the Iowa Supreme Court for custody of his seven year old daughter Betty Jane found performing on a Des Moines vaudeville stage. The Leroys her uncle and aunt have raised her since infancy, and a district court denied habeas corpus for lack of proof of prior location efforts. Education Week proclaimed by President Coolidge spans November 16 to 22.
Judge James Applegate of the fifth district will hear the ouster case against Black Hawk County Attorney William A. Cook, with proceedings likely to begin Tuesday October 20 in Guilford Center. The Black Hawk Bar Association expressed full confidence in Cook and urged a prompt hearing.
Iowa state announces rewards totaling 1300 dollars for three recent murders. Rewards include 90 dollars for the strawstack murder suspect and 300 dollars for the capture of the Axe Teasen member killed Deputy Sheriff O L Case near Logan.
Waterloo's postal receipts rise faster than any Iowa city. Postmaster Ray Eggert announced nine month totals of 318866.42 for January through September 1925, nearly matching entire 1922. September receipts reached 327985.02, up 33.6 percent from 1924. Third quarter 1925 totaled 85731.51, up 312888.18 from 1924.
Waterloo man Bickelberg said yesterday he will seek the Republican nomination for United States senator in next year’s primary. He ran as an independent candidate in last year’s race.
London dispatch reports four classes of Turkish recruits aged 22 to 23 ordered to military service. Consul in Istanbul cites national defense against a potential attack on Turkish soil as England presses for Mosul. Turkish papers quote defiance toward England over the disputed Mosul question.
Navy officers testified on tensions within the air service scene. Lieut. Commander Paunack urged creation of a separate air corps and an advanced training school. He noted 6 to 79 percent favor independence but warned against overreach by aviation leaders.
Jacob Huckel aged 42 escaped from the state hospital for the insane at Independence and was captured by Chief BH. A. Leighton and Officers W. H. Wilson and Jack Jensen along railroad tracks near the Raymond Road east edge of town. Huckel weighed 225 pounds and walked calmly after the arrest. Officials from the asylum planned to bring him back this afternoon.
The Tiianis rail road seeks Interstate Commerce Commission approval to issue 28,436,460 dollars of stock split evenly between common and preferred. Proceeds from the preferred stock would fund electrification in Chicago and property improvements in the Chicago terminal district. Brokers would handle the sale on best available terms. It is described as one of the largest financial projects placed before the commission in years.
In Chicago an experiment linked a violinist and pianist five miles apart via radio. Each musician heard the other through headphones as station WYW produced the synchronized duet. An accompanying ad references Dutch Masters cigars and a 10¢ Imported item.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If through error of the Carrier boy or other call you fail to receive your paper by that time, please Phone 1298 and a copy of the paper will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
Weather and road improvements boost attendance at the Waterloo dairy and Belgian horse events. Crowds traveled from distant cities by train and car despite rain threats, with thousands on site and machinery displays drawing farmers. Judges awarded Brown Swiss bulls and saddle horses as residents anticipate record turnout on the big days ahead.
The coroner's jury in Vinton Iowa investigated the Labor Day death of Mrs. Myrtle Cook. After deliberations the panel announced no verdict and urged continuing the inquiry focusing on C B Cool. A photograph from years earlier shows a national guardsman in uniform.
Black Hawk County reports over 1 million dollars on deposit due to semi annual tax collections in March and September. The last three days of September saw record tax receipts totaling more than a third of a million, with currency payments exceeding 10 000 daily. Only two checks were returned for insufficient funds yesterday.
Hammill named Emmetsburg jurist to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the death of Judge Thomas Arthur. The appointee has long practiced law in the region and is well known in legal circles.
Des Moines police questioned William Friar, a former puddie of Karl Stewart, as part of the inquiry into the quarrel that led to the death of young Stewart. Friar and others await a hearing on a late Tuesday night incident now under investigation.
Congress/Court era dispatch notes that Secretary Mellon and the French mission push for a temporary five year funding agreement in debt talks. Caillaux and the American commission remain divided over terms with no US approval or proposal accepted yet.
Craig Arbuckle returns from nearly two months in Paris and other parts of Europe aboard the Leviathan. He sailed from Cherbourg September 1 and landed in New York six days later after stops in Plymouth Exeter and Salisbury. He praises Italy for its art and charm and notes French laws are fewer but enforced, while in France people respect others' rights.
New London reports Monarch and Century fail to raise submarine Sl which remains stuck. Alfred Geier survivor testifies he counted six men in water after surfacing from the conning tower. Clinton County census shows 45,217 residents, Des Moines confirms city population 96,436 with gains since 1920.
Reports from Manchurian newspapers detail 29 deaths after 26 hours of rain, floods and landslides in Japanese towns. Numerous houses buried, rail and tram lines blocked, and broadcasts in danger as the Nippon stations contend with structural threats.
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