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Newspaper
Telegraph Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1912
Page
1
Minneapolis May 4 two proposals to relax restrictions on minister selection promise a lively Methodist Episcopal conference debate. Bishops emphasize discouraging high salaries wherever funds are abundant and urge prioritizing where services are most needed amid rising living costs.
Minneapolis May 4 ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church split on abolishing the forty year old rule barring card playing gambling and attendance at theaters circuses and horse races. bishops say two thirds of members danced or went to circuses deeming the rule obsolete while urging continued protest. debate grows ahead of 859 delegate vote.
Alan Rutenbeck of Davenport Iowa took first in the declamatory contest at the association of high schools of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois meet held in Kewanee Illinois May 4. Dudley of Canton Illinois finished second Magill of Princeton Illinois placed third.
Hearings on the Root amendment to the senate immigration bill begin before the house committee on immigration. The measure would deport all aliens using the United States as an asylum to plot against a friendly power, tying Mexican and Central American issues into the debate.
About 200 Northwestern University students gathered in front of the girls dormitory in Evanston after a victory in the northern oratorical contest. They refused to leave until police dispersed the crowd. no arrests were reported. The march disturbed residents and drew numerous complaints to authorities.
Cambridge Massachusetts May 4 Robert Taft son of the president has been elected president and editor in chief of the Harvard Law Review.
Charles Renshaw and his bride were found dead in their new Chicago cottage they had just moved into. Initial reports suggested gas heater asphyxiation, with accidental poisoning later suspected. Friends questioned the theory of suicide amid moving day accidents and possible poison spread.
Berlin May 4 The trial of three men linked to wood alcohol poisonings at the Municipal Night Shelter for the Homeless ended today Druggist Scharmach who prepared the spirits received five years imprisonment Zastrow Meyen two months each The indictment cited eighty nine death cases and alleged pure food law violations
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 4 Ex Governor William Larrabee is to erect a 60000 school house at Clermont as a memorial. It will be of fireproof construction with C A Dieman of Cedar Rapids as architect and R A Wallace of Cedar Rapids county securing the committee. Work will begin next Monday.
President Taft and Roosevelt launch a broad Maryland tour with stops in Hyattsville Laurel Aberdeen Elkton Belair Harve De Grace and Baltimore as Democrats rally for Clark Wilson and Harmon. Roosevelt criticism of recall judges features in Hyattsville while Texas Democrats hold 244 county conventions to choose delegates.
Webster City Iowa May 4 Russell Knight twelve son of Mr and Mrs John Knight died after an accident at school yesterday He fell while walking the picket fence between the school and courthouse yards A picket pierced his body above the heart breaking several ribs He appeared fine at first but declined and died this morning
Luther McCarthy of Springfield defeated Carl Morris of Tulsa by knockout in the sixth round of a ten round bout at the Springfield Athletic club. A swinging right to the jaw followed a left that staggered Morris who rose at count of fourteen. Morris offered no postfight comment. McCarthy is 20 years old.
Des Moines reports Bishop Dowling designates Monsignor Flavin as vicar general of the new diocese. Flavin has led St. Ambrose parish for twenty seven years and guided its conversion into a cathedral, elevating his pulpit status.
Democrats in Linn County set up a special Rock Island train to reach the state convention in Burlington on May 16. A main quartet will accompany to bolster John T. Hamilton's gubernatorial bid.
Des Moines May 4 Special reports that counties without filed nomination papers must secure write in candidates equal to ten percent of the county vote. The Iowa attorney general clarifies the rule affecting county offices, allowing legislative tickets to be filled by voter write ins on ballots if no nominee emerges, with county conventions empowered to nominate. Polk County illustrates practical difficulty, needing over 700 write in votes to nominate.
New York May 4 Officials of the United Mine Workers of America say a strike by miners in the three anthracite districts idle since April 1 has been averted. A general convention is called for Wilkesbarre on May 14 to consider a tentative agreement reached by operators and workers. Negotiations will continue after the Wilkesbarre meeting.
Des Moines May 4 Special Secretary Sumner received word from Bay City Michigan health authorities they will not permit Herman Hirshfield an alleged leper under quarantine at Centerville to be brought there. The decision leaves the transfer in doubt and unclear terms.
In New York on May 4 a record procession of 13 000 planned for the citys largest suffrage demonstration, led by Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch. Roosevelt declined to lead a division citing prior engagements, while the parade featured eleven divisions, a cavalry escort, a band, outdoor orators, and a baby carriage brigade for department store clerks.
Chicago May 4 Chester D. Wolf sixty was found dead in the woods near Western Springs Ill. He is believed to have become lost and died of exposure.
Bradstreet's bank clearings for the week ending May 2 total 3 575 56 000, up from 3 337 952 000 a year earlier. Dun's reports note gradual industrial improvement with buoyant worsted yarns and busy mills in men wear and dress goods, while weather delays hurt some wholesale and retail distribution.
Ed Callahan a renowned Breathitt county feudist was assassinated in his Crocketttsville store. Witnesses say the killers hid on the hillside from which Callahan was shot two years earlier and fired a hail of bullets.
Fifty nine unidentified Titanic victims were buried in three Halifax cemeteries. Four Roman Catholics and nine Hebrews had rites in Mt. Olivet and Hebrew cemeteries, respectively, with forty six interred at Fairview. White Star bought a plot for a monument as bluejackets formed a surrounding square during burial. Clergy led services as the Royal Canadian Band played.
London reports a growing tailor strike affecting 15 000 workers and threatening 50 000 by next week. Fashionable clients in the West End face halted wardrobes as social season opens and visitors seek attire and uniforms.
A witty maxim notes that women enjoy talking, yet few men can steer a conversation to the exact words they seek. The remark highlights social dynamics of influence and communication styles.
New York on May 4 reports the weekly bank statement showing $16,549,000 excess reserves, loans up $12,438,000, and net deposits growing by $14,714,000.
In Philadelphia on May 4 housewives in multiple districts began a meat boycott, arguing price drops require self denial. Meat dealers report sales down about one third in areas where the movement has started.
Chicago readers face a deeper paper strike as stereotypers join the walkout in sympathy with earlier strikers, leaving only one edition issued without ads. The Publishers' association cites a broken contract and declares the Chicago Newspaper Web Pressmen's Union No. 7 in breach, with presses to operate without union recognition.
Walter Tabor a junior at Pennsylvania College and athlete on the football and track teams drowned while swimming in a water reservoir of the M and St. Louis railway near Oskaloosa Iowa yesterday afternoon. The bodyExtensive search failed to recover him by nightfall. He likely cramps broke, his companion Spencer Mortimer of Lavalle Wis narrowly escaped as Tabor pulled him under during the final dive. Tabor's father James C. Tabor and brother Ernest live in Colorado Springs.
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