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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
5
A Beloit Wisconsin farm well northeast of Beloit roared and blew with wind hours before and during the San Francisco quake, echoing a pre quake event from two years ago. Residents fear a new disaster as the cavernous well again emits ominous rumbling.
Paris article by Andrew Tardieu recounts Roosevelt’s youthful vigor and crusade against plutocracy. The piece cites his opposition to socialism and anarchy, framing him as a conservative countering Wall Street abuses. Roosevelt defends the American people and calls for justice amid attacks.
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Capps testified before the submarine boat investigating committee regarding Lilley’s charges about Electric Boat Co. They brought navy documents, and Metcalf urged expert input for naval views while Dewey signed the board’s submarine report. Both denied excessive profits in submarines.
Omaha March 19 The first real contest since the New York to Paris rally opens today with a French car leading a German rival by sixty miles as they speed through Nebraska toward Cheyenne Wyoming The Italian car is stuck in mud and snow near Granger for 36 hours The Indianapolis convention of United Mine Workers of America today split the report by sections and recommended wage scale by districts with local differences settled at district conventions
The final day of the Savannah automobile race meeting under the American Automobile Association featured the 360 mile Savannah Challenge Trophy race with eight starters. Drivers included Herbert Lytle Louis Strang F L Tone R Mickener Wm McCall A A Poole F W Leland and M Newstretter. Races began at 10 a m with twenty laps on an eighteen mile course.
AT&T reports a 24.48 million dollar profit this year, up from 17.86 million last year, with favorable notes on public control. Also reports on Abe Hummel’s prison release, Clem Hanlon returning to Lafayette Week elevator duty, and spring signs with Barnum Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden under Ringling control. Eldon Fisher of Dubuque arrives in New York for a visit with relatives.
Three burglaries occurred Wednesday night into Thursday morning at Knapp & Clark’s billiard hall Owl Cafe and Abe Greenberg’s pawn shop on East Fifth and Sycamore streets. Losses totaled over 3200 with jewelry and cash stolen. authorities suspect a single gang and seek clues as they believe the robbers fled town with the swag.
At the American Steel and Wire plant near Cleveland, a riot sparked by a job-seekers crowd left one man fatally injured and several others seriously hurt. Fifty claimants clashed with stones and clubs as a quarrel broke out near the gates on the southern outskirts of the city this morning. Police cleared the scene after the melee.
James Lally, a likely survivor of Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade, lives in Des Moines area. Once aid to Col. Gonroberta, he grabbed a Russian bomb to save officers, earning a Victorian Cross and French bravery medal. Now older he warns pedestrians at a city crossing.
Registration is due by midnight with three tickets already in the field. City Auditor Thompson will accept filings at his office until 12 midnight, and at his home 6 to 12 if notified. Voters are urged to inspect voting machines now and learn to cast ballots quickly.
Reinbeck March 19 Henry Brown of Traer and Elizabeth Innes of this town wed today at noon. Many friends and relatives attended the ceremony with relatives from Waterloo including W Brown and others. The couple will settle on a cozy farm home two miles south of town. Eggs eight cents a dozen at G Eightey's.
Cr J Hicks of New York, associate general secretary of the International committee of the YMCA, reports on YMCA club houses in the canal zone. He commends the work, notes government support, and discusses plans for new houses including opportunities for the colored department and upcoming projects.
A libel suit against a Waterloo Times-Tribune paper settled out of court with the defendant paying 860 dollars plus costs. A divorce case involving Lora Kearney from William Kearney was set aside due to lack of jurisdiction and improper filings. The Rhomberg Bros. Co. versus B. F. Sanders and W. H. Holder jury verdict favored the defendants, upholding a claim over an account tied to a sale by a saloon keeper.
In Pittsburg on March 19 two Christ men are believed dead and many injured from gas exposure after a landslide leveled the gas regulator house at Ben Avon. Eight places were set on fire or hit by explosions as residents narrowly escaped disaster. The event caused a sudden heavy gas pressure as the regulator house collapsed.
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