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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
11
The New York Giants defeated the New York Yankees 13 to 3 in game three of the World Series at Polo Grounds. Giants battered five Yankee hurlers, scoring eight runs in the seventh inning to surge ahead after a 4-4 tie, becoming the American League champions’ downfall.
A newspaper brief notes that delays in the Senate are blamed on age related infirmities among older members. The item calls for relief of burdensome details from senior men.
The report notes bankers press for U S cooperation with allied powers to address reparations and debt payments. It also mentions President Harding’s leadership unclear, while coverage shifts to a sports note on the Yankees Giants game with Ruth and Meusel in action and crowd scenes at the ballpark.
Mrs. Woodaw of Dubuque county paid a $25 fine and costs after being arraigned on a hunting without a license charge before a local justice of the peace. Deputy Warden John Fahey made the arrest in what is reported as the first such case for a woman in the area.
Hiram O Smith a Civil War veteran and former Racine postmaster died at his Brown's Lake summer home. He served on the G A R executive committee and as senior vice commander of Wisconsin, was a state delegate to national encampments, and fought with Company 1 of the Thirty-ninth Wisconsin. Smith moved to Racine in 1867 and ran the city’s largest jewelry establishment at the time of his death.
United Press reports Americans hold about a half billion dollars in German marks. If the mark recovers to 24 cents, vast gains would come to investors. without stabilization bankers fear losses and shattered dreams for holders.
Durant Oklahoma October 7 Sheriff Taylor and three deputies exchanged gunfire at a pasture meeting with masked men. The robed group opened fire on the officers who returned fire and then disappeared. No injuries were reported.
Representative Dowell introduces a resolution in Congress to cut freight charges by five percent on grain livestock coal and cotton shipments. The measure would direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to implement the reductions within sixty days after passage.
The third game in the Chicago series was postponed today due to wet grounds. No makeup date announced yet. teams remain idle as weather hampers play.
In Pittsburgh on October 7 crude oil prices climbed for a second time this week with gains of 25 cents a barrel. Principal grades quoted include Carning 1.96, Cabell 1.86, Somerset 1.65, Somerset Light 1.30, and Ragland steady at 0.85.
Mrs. Bertha Clark Hughes of Omaha was elected head of the P. E. O. Sisterhood at the convention closing last night. Miss Patience Beatty of Los Angeles named second vice president and Belle M. Musser of Denver re elected national organizer. The group approved plans to build a memorial library at Mount Pleasant Iowa.
In Chicago two 14 year olds Samuel Buffington and Edward Knans were found hanged in their homes within days of each other. Investigators faced a puzzling dilemma over whether deaths were self inflicted, accidental, or murders with similar knots and lasso play noted.
The Rock River conference asks the State Department to urge the Italian government to halt Rome newspaper propaganda and to stop confiscation of a 45 acre site near Monte Mario planned for a Methodist boys college. The resolution urges diplomacy to protect American church property in Italy.
In Conyers Georgia on October 7 the body of C E Reagin a bank president was recovered from the Yellow River after a nightlong search. Authorities believe robbery led to his murder. Fishermen found the body snagged on a line about 200 yards below the bridge where he was attacked.
Dubuque Iowa report states a bulle tin from Lars Baldwin collector of internal revenues says American citizens leaving the United States need not show receipts proving income tax payment for 1919 and 1930. Aliens with clearance receipts rules remain unchanged.
Ankeny car stalled on tracks. Harry Griffith and son Kenneth killed as a train struck their vehicle. Griffith escaped by leaping free. Elsewhere Estes Kernes dies from heart disease at wheel on a bridge crash injuring relatives. Charles Garner fatally shot by accidental gun discharge near Jewell, Des Moines reports snow in Denver, and Ravenna and Ottumwa deaths from train, work, and lightning incidents.
A United Press summary notes ongoing talks in Congress on pave treaties and taxes with tolls tied to interstate commerce. The house expected to meet and reopen Monday to resume work on the railroad and related economic measures.
Pioneer State Bank of Omaha ex-president Willard Mathews was indicted by a special grand jury on charges of defrauding the bank of 300000 and with illicitly 'kiting' checks between Pioneer State Bank and Denver State Bank of Denver. Swiss Government to Aid Unemployed. Berne, Switzerland President Schulthess announced credits of 170000000 francs to create jobs and support industries. Civil War Vet Gets Pension Is Missing. Alton, Illinois W Harlan, 75, a Civil War veteran, is missing from his son’s home after collecting pension money Wednesday. Dead Man May Be From Fort Dodge. Poplar Bluff, Missouri An unidentified man about 35, well-dressed, was found dead in railroad yards. skull fractured. a letter to Theodore Murray of Fort Dodge, Iowa, found on him.
Detroit Michigan William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States supreme court was reelected president of the Unitarian general conference for a third term at the closing session. Washington DC British dominions to be represented at Washington conference on armament limits in Far Eastern questions noted by state department.
Roseburg Oregon dispatch notes ten jurors were passed as the Brumfield murder trial of Dr. R M Brumfeld, a former Indiana teacher, began with a 50 member panel summoned. progress suggested completion today as work continues. Meanwhile in Monticello Illinois a weeklong search for DeWitt Thompson, 17, and Lucille Hogan, 16, yields no clues and houses are searched without results. The mystery deepens as investigators review sightings and broaden efforts statewide.
Chicago October 7 Associated Press unions plan a Monday conference of 600 railroad union chairmen to discuss the strike question. Railroad officials expect the referendum to be used to enforce current conditions rather than restore pre reductions in wages and status.
President Harding nominated Lauritz A. Swenson of Minnesota to be minister to Norway. Swenson previously served as minister to Denmark Switzerland and Norway in 1887 to 1893.
Weather Bureau bulletin lists towns from Algona to Waterloo with conditions. January forecasts show partly cloudy skies in Charles City and Marshalltown with light showers and mud in east counties. general drying expected tonight and Saturday.
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then, phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 720 p m.
Washington Oct 7 A plan to break up the farm bloc in the senate faced fresh moves as Kenyon and Western leaders called a meeting of farming district senators to unify Republicans and Democrats. Officials anticipate pressure to rewrite major tax bill sections while plans to raise alcohol tax seek extra revenue. Senator Kenyon and Secretary Wallace are key figures in the effort to reorganize the bloc and push reform.
Efforts to agree on the venue in the small embezzlement case continue as State's Attorney Mortimer and Gev. Small's counsel plan to meet. The discussion followed a postponement after last Monday's sports event and a prior five party agreement.
After nine hours of deliberation in Batavia a jury could not reach a verdict in the $100000 lawsuit brought by Frank P Spelman against Jack Dempsey. The case concerns the motion picture Phere Nevil Jack and a verdict was not returned.
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