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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1926
Page
10
A long dispatch notes Mexican bandits possibly killing 13 men during pursuits with questions over guilt. It also reports a Geneva luncheon between M Briand and Germany's Stresemann leading toward accord on mutual issues and mentions the Coolidges returning to Washington.
Sen Wadsworth hints at party lines if reelected while critics argue over Coolidge ambitions. The piece notes Woodrow Wilson era ties and new books by Carter Glass and Col E M House as debates edge toward a public verdict on a possible third term.
Flood waters from the Dry Creek and the Big Sioux inundated Hawarden Iowa, drowning eight people including O. M. Fleschmann. Reports say water three to six feet deep flooded the business section as residents fled and bridges were swept away. One fatality earlier was reported from Hull Nebraska and Nina Brussing, 11, disappeared with the swollen river.
The St. Louis Cardinals top Philadelphia 7 to 5 in the opening game of the doubleheader, led by Douthit and Hornsby on offense and a late homer by Bot tomley. Williams hit his seventeenth homer for the Phillies as St. Louis and Philadelphia split the twin bill with a 3 to 2 decision in the second game.
In LeMars Iowa on September 15 author claims his rival Joe Frank libeled him with newspaper advertisements. George Wiley an automobile painter seeks 5000 dollars damages claiming ads damaged his skill life and business by causing public loss of confidence.
President and Mrs. Coolidge left Gabriels New York by special train at 4 0 a m est returning to Washington from their mountain vacation.
Mexico City reports fifteen thousand troops mobilized to exterminate the Yaqui uprising. Previous smaller campaigns failed to subdue the Indians who resist entrenched positions, while Gen. Auregon’s location and fate remain unclear amid the conflict.
Flood waters from the Skunk river receded in the Green Bay bottoms basin seven miles north of Fort Madison Iowa leaving a mud filled shallow lake over 6000 acres. Rain and rising waters inundated crops and farm lands as the river breached protective levees in multiple spots.
Ashland Wis Sept 18 The town of Odanah in Ashland County with 1210 residents faced a dam failure risk at White River. A special train carried men and supplies to defend the town and later return several hundred residents. Three repair crews worked through the night and dynamite was used to ease flood pressure.
A circuit court in Chicago granted an injunction preventing Will E H Dilz former president of the Izaak Wal e League of America and editor of The Waltonian from publishing further installments of Polyanna Prophets the last novel of late Emerson Hough author of The Covered Wagon The ruling restrains publication of the work in Chicago and nearby areas.
Des Moines reports motor vehicle license fees have risen from 259,736 in 1911 to 8,621,645.77 in 1926. C A. Colladay, head of the motor vehicle department, said fees collected to Sept 1 total 10,004,9154 and predicted about 200,000 more by January 1.
Gen. Enrique Estrada's rebel faction of 131 Mexicans, thwarted in an attempt to capture Tijuana, will be brought to Los Angeles for trial. The rebels were arraigned in San Diego yesterday.
Weather forecast for the period Sept 2 to 25 1926 covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains. Conditions largely fair with modest rainfall in northern areas and occasional showers expected.
The Cattle Congress plans a huge powder of entries with about 1350 head of dairy stock and draft horses including 300 Holsteins and 160 Ayrshires from six states. Prominent breeders from New Jersey Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Illinois lead large shows. Belgians and Jerseys attract strong entries as the event runs Sept 27 to Oct 3 with multiple shows and a bustling hippodrome program.
A tropical hurricane driven storm strikes Florida nesting across Miami and Palm Beach. report of 100 mile per hour winds, three feet of water, collapsed roofs and paralyzed telegraph and electric lines. West Palm Beach to Miami lines down as the hurricane moves toward the coast.
Hatlington Nebraska September 18 Judge Wilbur Bryant 34 to endure five day bread and water diet starting Monday to show his sentences for prohibition violators cause no harm to him If no ill effects appear he will extend the diet ten days Bryant has faced criticism over his harsh punishments in nearly 100 cases in 14 years
Chicara Sept 18 federal neurt hearings denied a ye hearing to Morton Hawkins, Frank Jacqua, William Webb, and partners convicted in Indianapolis of a forged conspiracy to defraud the Hawkins Mortgage Company and associated firms.
The notice asks readers that the Courier be delivered before 5 30 PM and instructs to call 3300 if not received by then. It adds calls should reach the office before 6 30 PM and mentions copies will be sent. The item conveys a daily paper delivery policy with a contact procedure.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Sunday baseball and barred a proposed ballot measure banning or permitting sports on the Sabbath. A peremptory writ of mandamus commanded Secretary of State Frederick W. Cock to omit the law from the November ballot.
George Van Elm of Los Angeles defeated Bobby Jones of Atlanta 2 up with one to play at Baltusrol to claim the national amateur golf championship before a record crowd. Jones failed in his bid to become the first three time winner as Van Elm rallied from earlier defeats to seize the title.
Kerekuk Virginia Sept 18 Rev J A Cochrane Mount Union Jay reelected moderator of the Town Baptist association. T S Bavell Burlington Wis named clerk. Mount Union treasurer Charted Van Sycc Wine field vice moderator. Sessions close tomorrow with religious services by delegates from all branches.
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