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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
8
Maryland poised to shift the 16th Senate seat from Republican Joseph France to Democrat W. C. Bruce. France’s erratic voting and language on Russia tariffs immigration and foreign policy have unsettled voters and split the party, with many Republicans expected to back Bruce while others defect.
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London reports Sir Robert Horne the chancellor of the exchequer will head the debt funding mission to the United States but will not sail next week as earlier announced. He will depart later in the month. Frisco official to head new International Great Northern railway announced. New coal loading records set with 10 596 cars soft coal and 6 446 cars anthracite loaded. Ambushes continue in Dublin streets with heavy firing and unclear casualties. Rome shaken by a strong earthquake. Rockefeller loan rumored to stabilize mark value. 16 year old Thomas William Myles to speak before League of Nations labor commission in Geneva. Forest fires threaten spruce near Pondre river north of Denver and Telluride. American Radiator Company declares 50 percent extra dividend in common stock. Traffic conditions on railroads criticized before President Harding. A letter from 1915 travels 23 miles in seven years from Orange to Newark. Mountbatten to visit Arizona copper mines. Mexican kidnap claim tied to Arizona Phil Aisquin headlined in El Paso. Negro Ed Gillespie faces murder trial in Des Moines.
The report covers the territory including Algona, Cedar Rapids, Mason City and Dubuque with a note of no rats reported in Lews. heavy rain observed over northern Illinois while conditions vary across the region dated October 11, 1922 from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Charles City.
Mrs Quegima De Bouchelle, a New Orleans divorcee, says she seeks redress in law over alleged slander tied to fiancé Asa G Candier Sr. She insists she does not want Candler money but demands public vindication after claims about hotel visits during the 1919 Confederate reunion.
El Paso dispatch reports Francisco Villa the ex bandit warlord now rancher in Durango plans to open his own bank in Parral Chihuahua. The note cites Villa turning from warfare to business and mining town Parral as the future site.
Corliss Jo Armstrong a University of Iowa student died after attempting to board a coal truck moving near the football field in Iowa City. The driver was cleared of blame at a coroner's inquest held after the death. Armstrong, 22, was a sophomore arts student and a Waterloo Masons member who worked to fund his schooling.
The army dirigible C-2 commanded by Major W H A Strauss lifted from Ross Field Arcadia California at 4:00 p m yesterday and was heading westward toward El Paso Texas. He expected to reach El Paso around noon today and hoped to set a record flight to Lansdale Field Virginia.
Washington October 11 The census bureau reports the national center of the Negro population has moved northeast to the extreme northwest corner of Georgia for the first time in history. The pole lies about 9.4 miles farther east and 19.4 miles farther north in 1920 than in 1910, with former movements trending southwest.
A dubious yearlong tally claims 300 law officers died enforcing liquor laws. The note lists state and federal agents, sheriffs, and patrolmen, mostly along borders, amid clashes and raids in prohibition enforcement efforts.
In New York Oct 11 4 John Barleycorn stolen the viank today as the last “piwister” is removed from palatial bars of the United States Shipping Board under the dry laws. Attorney General Daugharty ordered whiskey aging moved to the Brooklyn army base. About a thousand bottles of whiskies wines and cordials were taken from four Shipping Board vessels in port including Prescent Stoosevalt President Polk President Arthur and Susquehanna. Appleby notes ships’ liquor stores were voluntarily moved to avoid further raids by liquor foes.
New York Gel 11 A probate showing Mrs Lydia Chamberlain of Des Moines died in New York in 1942 leaving Columbia University 415000 for fellowships to new born women born in Iowa and graduate from Iowa institutions. The New York state supreme court upheld the gift but the 51000 residue of the estate was set aside for four brothers and three sisters.
Twenty three decorated war veterans from seven European countries arrived in New York en route to New Orleans for the Inter Allied Veterans Association convention starting Saturday. American Legion officials welcomed them aboard and they will be entertained while the event opens.
William Jennings Bryan, seated on the Democratic platform due to an ankle injury, supported U S Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock and Charles W. Bryan in Nebraska's Third district and gubernatorial race. He urged opposition to compulsory military service and criticized Harding administration tax and tariff policies.
A local effort in New Brunswick to collect funds for the defense of Hayes, jailed in connection with the Hall and Reinhard murders. Prosecutors and investigators remain uncertain about the arrest, while citizens protest and demand a full truth as Middlesex detectives pursue leads.
Iver Hanson, claiming to be son of Ole Hanson of Shermer, arrives from Texas seeking a share of an estate buried in disputes. The deceased left large property. heirs already divided. Hanson asserts lineage and cites testimony from his father’s first wife. Mathilda Hanson, widow of the decedent and Slansen’s second wife, died recently, deepening the case as identities may be clarified. Legal battle looms amid unsettled claims.
A fire early today swept the Twin City Herdwood Lumber plant in the Midway district of St Paul Minnesota destroying about one million feet of timber and half a million shingles. The shingles were oil dipped and owned by the Transfer Lumber and Shingle Co of North Tonawanda New York which leased space from Twin CityCa.
London reports the British government sent a note to Russia denying blockading the Turkish straits. Moscow had protested 16 days earlier over the blockade of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus preventing Russian merchant ships from passing.
The weekly fruit and vegetable review shows car shortages suppressing shipments. Total fruit 14 shipments fall to 651% cars, about 400 less than last year. potato shipments steady though price lower. apples drop amid heavy seasonal shipments. October crop report may stabilize dull markets in Michigan and New York.
Wellsburg W Va Oct 11 Arguments for change of venue in the Cliftonville mine riot cases were to begin in Brooke county court this forenoon.
The large elephant Topsy terrorized Wilmington for two days after escaping from a circus. She trampled streets damaged buildings and a tailor shop, then fled to the Cape Fear river. After capture she returned to river authority and swam across, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
Allied and Turkish representatives completed the Mudania armistice protocol after brief talks. It sets Greek evacuation timelines, Turkish control in Thrace, and limits on Turkish civil police, with further steps to be discussed at the next parley. Refugee crises and Greek fears of unrest accompany the terms as evacuation moves proceed.
The body of Helen Victoria Kols bun, 20, was found on Lake Calhoun shore in Minneapolis. Detected injuries included a wound in the temple. police believed suicide. Letters addressed to Leéestie Smith, mother, and to Lowe Swart, alleged husband, were found nearby. The body appeared dead around dawn. details unclear.
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