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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1925
Page
11
Today’s spotlight notes two Chicago crime suspects found guilty of the Drake hotel cashier murder and condemned to the gallows after a speedy trial. Insanity pleas failed to halt the sentence amid sensational public interest.
Washington report predicts Wisconsin candidate Robert La Follette will win the senate seat but be treated as not a Republican in Washington. GOP leaders face conflicts over party regularity as Wilcox contemplates an independent bid, creating an embarrassing split and uncertain support.
Otto Danatw and Gayland Dinley, 18, confess to 11 robberies and tell reporters this is their first trouble. Each is bonded at 6200 for three counts of breaking and entering and carrying concealed weapons and will be arraigned later this week.
LT not pleased to notice that Fudge G. W. Wool is handing out stil fines upon violators of the law. Cropper, manager of the Black Mawk Coffee & Spice Ca. says courts should be stern and punish violators, expecting a speedy end to crime. Public sentiment nationwide supports officers and courts in reducing the wave of crime.
Des Moines Sept 17. Population totals for four Iowa counties Bremer Buchanan Buena Vista and Butler announced by Lou C Morgans census director Bremer increases to 1607 in 1925 up 342 since 1920 Buchanan 1925 population 19231 down 1059 from 1920 and a drop of 3196 from 1910 Buena Vista 1854 down 18 from 1920 but up from 1900 Butler 17990 up 40 from five years ago and 320 over 1900 All three Bremer Butler and Bremer and Butler are the only counties to gain since 1926 in the first 12 counties of Iowa.
Iowa City September 14 17 Prof Clarefice W Wassam of the state university will headline the speaking program at South Bethel Methodist Episcopal church in West Liberty tomorrow. After the program a pageant will be given. New York September 17 Governors of the New York Stock Exchange closed the exchange at 2 30 pm Friday in memory of Seymour Cromwell former president of the exchange.
Joseph Holmes and James Wilson also known as Jack Woods were condemned to hang for the Drake hotel shooting death of cashier Frank Rodkey after a nine and a half hour jury deliberation. One bandit Texas Court was killed by police, another Nelson died in pursuit, and the fourth member Mellonchuck, a former teacher, kept most of the $4 060 loot.
A Waterloo business survey shows manufacturing wholesale and retail sectors improving with optimistic notes from 30 replies. One major firm reports payroll up 100 percent and sales volume up 300 percent, with employment rising about one percent overall.
Rev Dr Alice S Dooly pastor of the Pittsburgh Church of Divine Healing accepts Houdini challenge to prove she is a medium. Test tonight at the theatre where the magician appears. She must answer three sealed questions submitted by Houdini. He offers a prize of five dollars for success.
Washington reports the aircraft investigation board organized at the White House with Dwight Morrow of J P Morgan & Co named chairman, Judge Arthur Denison vice chair, and William F Durand secretary. The president outlined expectations for impartial findings to guide future air policy.
Beauty entrant Edna G Miuneis known as Miss Hau ito failed to capture judges attention at a national pageant while her fellow townsman Jules Tischenderg enjoyed local praise. The report notes Stellas started home as his bride.
Mrs Grace Hoylan proposed Maiden Waterloo for the Courier Strand photoplay now in production and awarded a season ticket to the Strand theatre. Hundreds of titles were submitted and judges faced a tough choice with suggestions including Waterloo a la Mode Leu's Waterloo While Waterloo Sleeps and Winsome Waif of Waterloo. Jack, assistant manager of the Palais Royal, will play a leading role and cast selection is to be completed today as scenes for the prolog were shot at Sycamore.
New York Sept 17 AP A temporary embargo on movement of household furniture building materials and machinery to Florida points was announced by several railroad and steamship lines until congestion at Florida traffic centers is relieved The winter tourist movement opening is given as the reason Livestock and food supplies have right of way on all lines
Angesies Cal Sep 17 Morre testimony freighted with phantom millions was in store today for the Superior court jury trying Henry Hibbs and Thomas Hennessey on phrases of conspiracy to swindle investors or of hundreds of thousands of dollars than a fraudulent $ trillion railway merger.
Davlin Sept 17 INS reports the Free State holds a historic, complex election with about 1.5 million voters casting ballots for 190 Free State senate seats. Voters faced a ballot three feet wide and four feet long listing 76 candidates at a projected cost near 4400 dollars.
The Nevada mining probe centers on Carson Valley Mining and its promoters in San Jose. Officials face the state corporation commission Friday September 25 to show cause why the license should not be revoked over biblically framed investment claims and divine protection for investors.
Nicholas LeGrand of Rock Island was elected governor of the Illinois Eastern Iowa Kiwanis district at the final session here yesterday. Norman M. Michelson of Chicago was named secretary, John W. Hartz of Peoria treasurer, and Charles Hoermann of Dubuque lieutenant governOR for next year. Davenport, Iowa, was chosen as the convention site.
At the Iowa state convention the Farmers Union Insurance Company reported four million six hundred sixty thousand dollars in force, per the insurance committee's report read today. Milo Reno, state president, said that such a company ten years ago could have mitigated the impact of deflation on farmers.
Shapurji Saklatvala a communist MP loses passport visa to attend the Interparliamentary union in Washington. Kellogg cites inflammatory speeches as reason while London officials insist the delegation would proceed with or without him. The decision follows White House talks with Coolidge and Burton and draws mixed reactions.
In Detroit on September 17, Walter F. Sinish, 63, founder of a long standing cutlery and locksmith business, donated the store to his longtime understudy George Rathmann, 46, marking Rathmann's first and only job. The move ends Sinish's fifty year tenure in the shop. ELECT CHURCH OFFICIALS. Mount Pleasant, Sept. 17. The Denmark Association of Congregational Churches elected Rev. R. B. Nosce moderator, and Paul Pr. son Keosauqua set.
Thirty diphtheria cases have been reported since September in Linn state with a new outbreak detected in Benton. Des Moines reports outbreaks across several counties including Monona Cherokee Montgomery and Linn with 26 cases this month, one more than August. A high heat wave also surrounds the report with Des Moines recording 81 degrees.
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