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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1923
Page
11
A Washington columnist argues the Ku Klux Klan may be a political factor in next year's presidential scene. He analyzes its structure as a business entity and its sustaining spirit beyond organization, noting widespread distrust of foreigners and aliens amid criticism from media and officials.
Delivery notice for The Courier indicates misrouting. home delivery intended before a specified date but error occurred. No further details on route, deadline, or corrective action provided.
Associated Press reports Yokohama nearly wiped out by a massive quake and resulting fire. Toky o suffered severe damage as communications collapsed. US officials estimate about 200 Americans in Yokohama with uncertain casualty status. The quake hit within hours of dawn and the city, a treaty port since 1858, faced widespread devastation and ongoing conflagration.
Idaho Senator William Borah spoke to over 2,000 people in Mackay urging full recognition of Soviet Russia. He argued recognition would speed Ruhr settlement, aid world peace, expand foreign trade for the United States, and create markets for American products, while noting France cannot be relied on to pay its war debts.
United Press report from Newcastle Delaware describes a mob attack on a Ku Klux Klan meeting. Two were seriously injured while around forty were battered, as klansmen fled a field amid shots and missiles. Names include Harry Husabeck of Newcastle and William Clark of Newport. the incident drew antisocial crowd chants and police questions.
Tulsa under absolute martial law as Governor Walton disarms sheriffs deputies and police while authorities seek to abolish habeas corpus. Oklahoma City reports hundreds more national guardsmen on the ground amid ongoing clashes and calls to end the edict.
I Lieuts Victor E Bertrandis of San Francisco and Kenneth Garrett of Memphis led the Army Air Service “tramps” on a 6400 mile circuit from Mitchel Field New York Lent with Belling Field near Washington as the first stop They planned to reach Dayton Ohio this afternoon and continue across the country in the long distance hop event
Davenport. Sept. 1. A nicotine user on a farm near Blue Grass caused the death of Charles Schroeder’s year old son today by giving an insecticide drink to the infant. The boy swallowed the poison in an unknown manner.
The week ahead in Washington DC shows generally fair conditions with a chance of scattered showers. Temperatures will vary with mild to warm days and cooler nights across the period.
Washington reports national coal stocks to cover 100 days of anthracite and 44 days of bituminous supply. Commerce and Interior departments and the federal fuel distributor provide figures. Household stocks in anthracite consuming states total about 26,000,090 tons, half of a normal winter supply.
Europe faces a tense standoff as Italy seizes Greek islands and bombards Corfu killing refugees. Mussolini presses Greek relations while Britain and the League seek restraint. Diplomatic moves intensify with talks in Paris and Bucharest as reservists are called and naval forces ready for possible intervention.
An Alaska Nome rescue party headed by Harold Nolce reports that only one person survives Allan Crawford's expedition to Wrangell Island. Eskimo woman Ata, widow of Black Jack, tells how three explorers perished last winter and how she cared for Lorene Knight until her death. The party found Knight dead in a tent near Ada, with Crawford’s group presumed lost after misdirection.
International and Allied dispatches describe Greco Italian clashes and Greek Albanian frontier stress. Rome Athens and London report troop movements, occupation of Corfu, and calls for League of Nations mediation as Milan and Paris weigh responses. Royal and diplomatic notes indicate readiness for broader action.
Dispatches from Madrid claim Italian troops clashed with police in Tan Morocco with casualties. A subsequent Madrid dispatch said the Italian ambassador conferred with Foreign Minister Alba on the incident amid the Moroccan situation.
Keokuk streetcar operators completed August with zero accidents, a safety-focused achievement. Telegrams of congratulations arrived from HH,T Falgar, Davison Minger, and David Daly, a Stone & Webster Co district manager. Boston manager Walter J. Burke will host a celebration next week.
Greece ships and forces clash with Italy over Corfu as Rome demands evacuation of refugees. League of Nations debates intervention as Italian bombardment wounds civilians and occupies Corfu port, while Greek authorities claim Italian actions threaten regional stability.
Carmella Hussy, an Italian resident of Centerville, was released from the Rockwell City reformatory term for the murder of Tony Malto. Acting Gov. John Hammill approved the parole after the board’s recommendation, noting prior good behavior and parole privileges shortened the sentence.
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