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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1926
Page
10
The piece satirically profiles Al Capone as a “captain of industry” and questions his criminal label while noting sensational claims of violence and wealth. It also covers boxing news with Tunney and Sharkey, the role of female editors at Daily Press, a jewel heist including the rose diamond, repeated death sentence delays for Russell Scott, and college sports eligibility drama in the Big Ten.
Interviews across Black Hawk County reveal a divided GOP base over Senator W. Brookhart. Some back him as the only fighter, others shift to Democrat Claude Porter or scratch Brookhart, reflecting 1924 resentments and a potential close contest on November 2.
London October 13. Dr Alfred Sutter M P reports seeing members of all parties hopelessly intoxicated in the house of commons. He says drunkenness is most marked in the Tory party due to size, but also exists in his own Labour party. He adds debates often become loud as participants lose self control through drunkenness.
Detroit, Oct 13. The forty-eighth AFL convention turned to the company union and its impact on organized labor. A dramatic session yesterday defeated both sovietism and fascism with unanimous votes. The report condemns the Soviet regime as unscrupulous and antisocial, labeling it the most menacing institution in the world.
Nashville police report 13 convicts escaped last night with over 60 officers scouring the area today. Seven were recaptured within ninety minutes after freedom. The breakout, led by John Rezensky, involved digging through a stone wall and crawling 700 feet through an air chamber.
D. P. Davis developer of Davis Islands and a well known Florida real estate figure was lost overboard while sailing to Europe aboard the Majestic. The radiogram received by Arthur Y. Nylam stated the drowning occurred after Davis sailed from New York last Saturday with Raymond Schiller and Montange, employees of the Davis organization.
Telegraphs signal hoped reconciliation between Irving Berlin and Clarence H Mackay as Ellin Mackay arrives with two telegrams requesting hotel room reservations amid speculation of a family reunion and birth of a Berlin child in New Boston.
Dispatch reports safe rescue of missionaries marooned at Sianfu, capital of Shensi, held during the siege by Kuomintang troops against Gen Liu's Shensi forces. Earlier dispatches listed 51 foreign missionaries in Sianfu, including 15 Americans and five British.
George N. Cooper of Rochester shot himself as he leaped from the upper steel arch bridge into the Niagara River near Niagara Falls on October 12.
Des Moines on October 13 reports minister D. W. foaming who runs a coal mine near Itunwells stands trial in district court. He is accused by Roy Smith Janner Moye of striking him with a piece of gas pipe. Jopling claimed self defense.
Washington Usa Oct 13 Motorists paid 84 935 373 in gasoline tax during the first six months of 1926 per the Bureau of Public Roads A total of 3 560 987 586 gallons were taxed with an estimated additional 8450 000 consumed in Kings Massachusetts New Jersey and New York the only states without road gas tax Funds collected will be distributed among state highway departments counties townships and miscellaneous purposes California led with 1 413 624 Florida second with 742 421 Ohio third with 5 968 23 and Pennsylvania fourth with 25 50 410 Other top states include Indiana Michigan Missouri and Wisconsin.
Philadelphia dispatch reports the American Legion voting to hold its ninth annual convention in Paris in September. More than 380000 veterans will sail from seven ports aboard 28 ships led by the Leviathan as flagship, with New York and other ports on the itinerary. The meeting is needed to meet constitutional requirements, and delegates praised the decision. An extensive entertainment program includes rifle and trap contests, aerial shows, dances, and a grand pageant celebrating liberty. A huge parade yesterday drew over 190000 Legionnaires, with Pershing and other officials reviewing the march.
A damage suit for 5855 alleges Florence C. Kloos was struck and knocked to the pavement by Miss Mary Regan of Iowa City. The plaintiff seeks 3000 for pain and suffering and 655 for medical services.
Mexico City reports treasury cancels import permits for weapons and ammunition. War department permits are annulled immediately. customs and border ports instructed to enforce embargo and halt shipments.
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 4 39 o clock. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, please call 45100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Rus gert Scott, a Chicago murderer, won a fourth stay of execution today as the supreme court granted a writ delaying his hanging while the Cook county sanity review continues. If found sane, he faces execution. if not, further delays are possible.
James Co. Forsyth of Allerton Iowa may inherit a 32 million dollar English estate from a Scottish uncle. He admits ignorance of the details and plans to learn more after possible further inquiry, with his daughter Edith Forsyth accompanying him. the bequest relates to the Crawford estate in Beardstown New South Wales England and Forsyth is about 50 years old.
Davenport Iowa October 13 Mrs FP J Mansfield of Burlington was elected president of the Iowa Kings Daughters for the twentieth straight time at the annual convention. She first won the role 26 years ago in Davenport. Other officers on the informal ballot include Vice Presidents Mrs PF G Higbee Iowa City and Mrs A G Bush Davenport secretary Mrs A T Mahis Smith Oskaloosa treasurer Mrs G B Drummond Davenport superintendents of juveniles Mrs Cecil Lewis and Mrs J W Clark Burlington executive board member Mrs E P Nealey Britt and Mansfield was honored as central council member. The formal ballot will be held this evening.
Tekamah Nebraska October 13. Thomas Nelson Burt County farmer began the final 20 days of his bread and water sentence in county jail. Nelson had pursued legal avenues to escape punishment but now serves the remainder in confinement as local citizens recall the controversy that surrounded his case.
Five American Legion bands from Sioux City Beaver Dam Columbus and Batavia were selected by judges to contest for the legion championship in the finals tomorrow in Philadelphia Pa Oct 13.
Mrs Therese Werner, aunt of Rudolph Valenting’s second wife, says she sails from Juan Les Pus, France, on the Aquitania to defend her interests in the Valentine will. The bequest, reported as a beneficiary, is said to be challenged by Valentine’s brothers and sister.
Rhode Island Republicans adopt a platform plank urging resubmission of the eighteenth amendment. The biennial Rhode Island convention in Providence approves the dry vote stance. Also noted: thieves loot a depot and freight house in Matlard, Iowa, stealing freight packages worth hundreds of dollars.
Unfavorable weather in the Midwest caused a postponement of a three day voyage of the naval dirigible East Angeles from its mooring at Lakehurst New Jersey. The craft was cut from its mooring mast for a Jersey coast flight but delayed by conditions.
Four bandits robbed the Hillsdale Savings Bank in Hillsdale Michigan driving an automobile that sat nearby with a driver at the wheel. They escaped with about $20,000 in cash in an early morning heist marked by a rushed exit and minimal details available on suspects.
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 13 An investigation continues into a crude crossing accident on the Rock Island railroad that claimed the life of Len F Vanourtney 23. His parents were injured but survived. The wreck also left several others injured and involved a second collision that killed additional people and injured many more.
Watertoo residents warned by Street Commissioner Starvey Will that leaf disposal methods violate ordinances. Raking leaves into streets and burning debris obstructs public ways and will be prosecuted. Residents must haul away leaves or dispose of them like ashes. city undertakes removal for each household.
H B Keel and family, visiting Mrs Kerl's sisters at 2251 Rebel Ave, depart for Cascade Tunnel in Wisconsin where he will supervise underground work on the west portal of the eight mile railroad tunnel by A Guthrie Co of St Paul for Great Northern. The Cascade tunnel will be the longest in the United States, two miles longer than Colorado's Moffatt. Ikerl is known in Tacoma and other states as a hydraulic and draining construction engineer on irrigation and rail tunnels.
East Orwell Oct. 18 With every law enforcement agency in Ashtabula county concentrating efforts the so called Muck Land Murder of little Isabel Zena aki three vanished Sept 21 from her Tamarack swamp home remains unsolved. Her body was found in the swamp with a crushed skull by Floyd Congdon a hunter.
Des Moines police found Ta FL Collins, 53, a former flagman with Iowa City railroad, dead in his hotel room. Friends could not determine a motive for suicide and clerks noted he bought housekeeping gear to cook his own meals. Police seek his relatives.
Clinton area Republicans launch Shaft for Shaff campaign to boost State Senator J O Shaff for 1928 Republican governor nomination. Shaff is prominent in Pennsylvania politics, having chaired the roads committee in the State Assembly, a key committee in the legislature. October 2, Clinton, Pa.
Sioux Falls History edition by women editors puts the Jack Sharkey Harry Wills prizefight on page one. They would have downplayed the Negro winner if he had triumphed, burying inner page coverage and omitting most crime news. The holiday day altered market reports and stock notes were skipped.
Convicted slayer and graft chief D C Stephenson, guarded by a cordon of police, testified before the Marion county grand jury in Indianapolis after being brought from the state prison. He faced questions on corruption charges tied to Indiana politics as prosecutors seek evidence to support sweeping allegations by publisher Adams.
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