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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1923
Page
9
New York reports the Dempsey Firpe fight drew heavy crowds with about 129 000 paid admissions. Dempsey’s share and percentages are noted in the financial tallies, highlighting the bout as a major monetary event in boxing history.
Newark police identify a man disguised as a woman carrying forged mortgage securities made out to Thomas J. Wheeler of Pottawattamie County. Des Moines authorities were asked to help confirm identity as the suspect posed to Newark clergymen.
The St. Louis Medical Society reports its free clinic for poor crippled children corrected 94 of 107 cases, with only three children beyond assistance. Begun in April, the clinic is unique in the United States for free hospital, medical, and surgical care. Children from various states in the west and south are being treated.
Marie Marguerite Fahmy, a French widow, was acquitted at Old Bailey of murdering her Egyptian husband Prince Ali Kam Bey Palmy. She claimed fear of killing him after repeated threats, and jurors including two women found her not guilty. Fahmy had friends in London who supported her defense by a skilled lawyer.
In Berlin suburbs heavily armed detachments of Reichswehr and security police, 2000 men in two regiments, prepared for immediate action through the night amid reports of a communist outbreak in Beuthen and food shop rioting. Police reinforcements moved to restore order as arrests were reported. The crisis followed food shortages and scandals over passive resistance, with the Berlin press accusing industrials of profiting from the mark collapse. In Sofia, a separate report noted a shooting clash during a demonstration, killing one and wounding another as sixty demonstrators faced off against authorities.
Des Moines report states Mrs Ida Wise Smith longtime president of the Town W C T U is elected director of the department of Christian citizenship for the Nationals W W C RR UC at the executive committee meeting. She has led campaigns for prohibition equal suffrage and other reform measures. The appointment follows the passing of Mrs De Uoerah Knox Livingston.
Lincoln September 16 Carl J Springer Fremont Nob dead and Miss Edna Boorman 21 Fremont sustained a fractured skull in an automobile accident near here this morning. Their car driven by Ernie Granger overturned as it rounded a corner. Granger and M Helen Stott Douglas Wryo who was riding in the front seat with him were not seriously injured. Springer and Miss Boorman and Miss Stott were Nebraska university students.
London reports official confirmation that Italy and Jugoslavia will register the Raspallo treaty and Santa Margherita border adjustment with the League of Nations, signaling a settlement of the Viume dispute.
In Chicago, September 15, police halted Andrew Grome driving a wagon with a large keg in Irving Park. He claimed the beer was recently changed at the brewery and asked the officials if they knew about prohibition. The officers explained the new ban, revealing the beer shipment and the saloon’s status.
Italy has extended the deadline for the Fiume settlement talks with Yugoslavia, with diplomatic exchanges continuing over Porto Barros and the Testa near Fiume. Britain believes the danger of hostilities has been removed, while new Italian proposals are not yet disclosed.
Weather for the week beginning Monday in Washington DC. Upper Malloy and tower Miss generally fair with normal temperatures.
Oklahoma Governor Walton warns legislators not to convene in extra session to probe martial law or motives, threatens jail. He vows to suppress opposition, muzzle critics, and occupy hostile counties with troops if needed. Continued discussion on page two.
Waterloo merchants plan a city wide window exhibition to unveil fall 1928 styles. A signal at 7 50 PM marks the opening as shoppers view the displays and applaud, with notices of advance entries from local businesses in the Waterloo Evening Courier.
Premier Poincare celebrates Titanehitel reconstruction funded by American money. The village of St Michiel, retaken in 1918, saw 40 houses rebuilt and the abbey restored with funds from Mussolini? Sic? and others, as American and Allied forces aided in clearing the Mihiet sultan area amid World War I operations. The premier praised Pershing’s forces for the decisive work and noted the long absence of French news from the village.
Foreign delegates to the World Dairy Congress will visit Waterloo for two days as the fourteenth annual Dairy Cattle Congress and Belgian Horse Show near opening. More cattle than ever are entered, especially Holsteins and Jerseys, with 723 dairy animals recorded and expected to rise. Belgian horses, poultry exhibitors, and an expanded program including a women cow milking contest and a business men mule race boost the fair’s appeal.
Lincoln Sept 15 Charles W Bryan says he will not limit coal operations to Nebraska and may extend efforts to the middle west to reduce prices. He outlines plans for a statewide distribution system and requests from farm organizations in Kansas Oklahoma and South Dakota for cooperation. He asserts potential savings of 15 million dollars and notes approval of a coal distributing engine team with Waite of Hastings as assistant.
Atlantic city woman reports she was abducted by two men who forced her into an automobile and drove to Kansas City overnight. She described the incident to police and cited family difficulties. local connections note a hotel owner recently sold his stake and left town.
Farmers aim to gain power in the Iowa legislature to veto road bond issues. The $806,000 Marshall County bond issue passed amid a heated fight and is now challenged in court. A proposal would require rural and urban majorities to approve county road bonds, giving farmers a veto power over road financing.
Baseball score notes show Morlows driving in runs for the Morlows battery in the first game at Cincinnati Boston and Pittsburgh. In the second game Grire Morrison and Good powered the Batteries for Brooklyn and Pittsburgh.
Iowa Boy Collis Fish of Victoria and Clarence Nicholson of Chicago, both 14, escaped in night clothing from a juvenile home ward at Cook County Hospital. Two others, 15 year olds Man Singer of Cincinnati and Thomas Curran, were captured after overpowering a guard days earlier. The four were traced to a downtown Chicago motion picture theatre last night.
The Azores archipelago island St Michael, largest in the group, reportedly suffered quake damage. Early wire reports from Ponta Del Gada indicate tremors were felt today. Aimed relief shipments are being readied for quake victims as insurance and stock movements adjust.
New York report records another crash in the financial district as an involuntary petition in bankruptcy is filed in federal court against Atlig Kuffler & Co. stockbrokers.
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