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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1923
Page
11
Washington dispatch reports that prohibition enforcement remains the central issue as governors meet at the White House amid freight rate chatter. Governor Pinchot and church leaders push federal action, urging the national government to curb bootleggers while states handle local violators.
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Sioux City Oct 18 Chester Calhoun constable of Grange township Woodbury county is jailed on liquor nuisance charges after sheriff s attaches raided his farm uncovering a small still and three gallons of moonshine.
New Hartford Ia Oct 18 Special Amasy Perrin longtime president of New Hartford State Bank and pioneer in local business died at his home about noon He was 800 years old and death came after brief illness Services will be Sunday afternoon details unarranged Perrin came to this place in the 1860s and shaped banking business and insurance He served as secretary of Butler County Fire Insurance company Surviving are widow four children Fred Ed Theodore and Mrs Frank Jones all of New Hartford plus several grandchildren and great grandchildren
Keokuk, Ia Oct 18 Keokuk business and professional women sent a letter to Senator Cummins urging the appointment of John C. Scott Keokuk as United States marshal for the district to succeed Col Brewer This action shows local women backing a specific nominee and naming Keokuk as the place.
The federated Farmer-Labor party of America will be asked to affiliate with the new international peasants council. W. H. Green, Omaha vice chairman, elected to the council presidium, sails next week to present the plan. The council aims to avoid war and operates internationally for peasants and workers while leaving local matters to national parties. American representatives include Harold M. Ware, W. H. Walker, and P. M. Smith.
New York October 18 Associated Press reports a Brooklyn house fire that killed six people and led to murder and arson charges against William A. Ford real estate broker and son in law of victim George Keim and Raymond Anderson. James R. Lynch was held as a witness and another accomplice is sought. Brophy said Anderson confessed and linked Ford to the crime. Keim a playwright died on the eve of his first play production.
Rev. L. W. Back, district superintendent of the Evangelical church, heard Lloyd George’s Chicago speech via radio at Northwestern College in Naperville Illinois on Tuesday. He joined students and college officials in the listening event during his Illinois church business trip. the transmission was clear and the entire talk was received.
Senator George W Norris backed the War Department sale of the Gorgas steam plant near Muscle Shoals Alabama to Alabama Power. Norris condemned Henry Ford for renewed attacks on Secretary Weeks calling Ford's criticism unfair and unjust.
Casey Stengel, famed World Series hero, will join the Muscatine Boosters for an exhibition against Wellman on October 24 in Muscatine Ta. Abe E. Gould from Salt Lake City Pacific Coast League will pitch for Muscatine.
Berlin reports the Socialist congress urged a general strike if armed action targets Saxon and Thuringian workers. In Mannheim six to eight killed in food riots amid price protests, water and power suspensions. In Dresden Gen Mueller orders police use only to curb Red Hundreds, signaling a federal backdown and rising tension as Saxony’s Zeigner defies Boettcher and luta for a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Interior Department invites progressive parents to enroll in home department courses run with the University of Iowa. Certificates of graduation will be issued by the university and countersigned by the U S commissioner of orderdension for those completing the programs.
A committee of 24 eastern and midwestern state attorneys general prepares to meet with Attorney General Daugherty in Washington to seek action on statizing production and prices. They urge an antitrust and anti unfair trade push, advocate Kharo and Atharo investigations, end unwarranted price increases, and revise rates to boost midcontinent competitiveness.
New York, Oct. 18. Cleveland has withdrawn as a contender for the next Democratic national convention, per John R. Young, secretary of the committee. Chicago withdrew earlier. Young said New York now stands alone. Chicago gave up earlier, and New York plans a fund of at least $250,000 to entertain the convention next summer.
Paul Sparks aviator was booked in Los Angeles city jail on a charge of stealing a flying machine from a local airport. Police say he flew the plane to Yuma Arizona where he was arrested.
Washington October 18 President Coolidge heard reports from Julius H. Barnes and Leon Shaw on improving agricultural conditions in the northwest. They cited rising urban buying power and higher wheat prices as factors, noting Montana’s crop this year at about 1,000,000 bushels versus 19,000,000 last year, and that sheep producers are selling wool around 40 cents a pound.
San Francisco reports a heated five day American Legion convention debated un-American organizations and Klan ties. Resolutions condemn racial hatred and urge immigration limits, with support for physical education and memorials. factions clash over naming the Ku Klux Klan in the text. Delegates from Oklahoma and New Jersey opposed the anti Klan stance.
Monsignor Don Antonio Bella conducts the Sistine Chapel choir of Rome as it arrives in New York for an American concert tour. The pope’s own choir sings only at functions he officiates.
New York and Nebraska officials disclosed that 150 letters urged stock purchases in Leverlock Rim Co. under Rep. M. O. McLaughlin’s frank. Mennille, vice president and general manager, claimed no knowledge or authorization, blamed a careless clerk, and Rep. McLaughlin ordered repayment of five postage dues and barred further use of the stationery.
More than 500 treaties have been registered with the League of Nations in Geneva on October 15. The records include the pact restoring relations between the United States and Germany, the Hapali o treaties, the Little Entente alliance, and the Franco Polish defensive pact.
Chicago detectives report three men from Iowa Pleasantville and Knoxville robbed here. W H Dye lost 11 dollars 60 cents, C C Prosett and J W Prosett each lost 35 dollars. Police noted the trio reported the theft today.
United Press reports Seth Parker, 21, of Morrison, held in Grundy county jail after narrowly escaping a lynching by Meroge township farmers over an alleged assault with intent to commit rape on Miss Theo Tackery, a country schoolteacher. Parker hid in the school washroom. he struck her with a heavy club and cut her face. Children and passerby Harry Shirk aided the teacher. Parker fled to a cornfield and was found hiding in a culvert. He faced grand jury binding on $1,000 bond, which he could not raise.
Approximately 25 members of the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters registered at Hotel Russell for the first annual convention in Des Moines. A. Marsh of Sioux City reelected president with Frank Lindsey of Waterloo as 1st vice president and Elbe Park of Fort Dodge as second vice president. Des Moines chosen as 1924 convention city. Ray Tiller urged discipline and modern equipment. The group endorsed statewide platoon scheduling and pension plans, with Dr. Curran delivering the invocation and Waterloo officials welcoming delegates.
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