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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1915
Page
3
Des Moines reports an unusually productive session with the house approving 12 bills and the senate 36 as well as more than a half dozen measures disposed of. The day featured few attendees and no fights while President Harding is praised for swift senate action.
In Le Mars district court Judge Hutchinson denied Ernest Frels citizenship after finding he served as a German reservist and reported to the German consul for military service. The ruling nullified his first naturalization papers and signaled possible impacts on other German nationals seeking citizenship.
Mrs Clink, despite severe burns and a heavy toss, declined medical aid and set out for work at 8 a.m. She thanked God for sparing nine children and her own life as she left the painter's home bound for another shift.
Des Moines April 5 report notes strong prospect for Iowa to adopt state control of fire and related insurance rates. Kansas earlier tested a rate regulation scheme via state offices and rating bureaus with open rating and anti discrimination aims. The Iowa measure expands coverage to lightning windstorm and hall associations, exempting farmers mutuals, and promotes risk inspections and premium credits for risk improvements. Public utilities bills face Senate debate preserving local authority while introducing wider state oversight.
Miss Anna Sheehan will be appointed an additional state agent under the board of control for special work with the soldiers and sailors’ orphans’ home at Davenport. The role covers follow-up work for discharged inmates and related outreach, expanding efforts approved by the legislature. Sheehan, currently an estimate clerk, earns promotion to this new post.
A Dubuque mother of two, Mrs. Thomas, long worked washing and cleaning to support her children and a mortgaged cottage. Early Saturday a fire destroyed their home, likely started by rats gnawing matches. She and her children escaped, with the woman sustaining burns while rescuing them.
Des Moines reports Warry Levich and A. J. Phillen received indeterminate sentences not to exceed five years in the penitentiary with hard labor for keeping a house of ill fame. District Judge Charles A. Dudley overruled motions for new trials and ordered the men to stand. Levich and Phillen showed visible nerves as the sentence was pronounced.
Martin Hultima assistant engineer at Iowa City Light and Power was fatally injured when he fell into the gear of a large water wheel at the Coralville electric plant. He suffered a fractured skull and remained unconscious in hospital. He was 26, with a wife and three children.
After a city council meeting a plan for a new heating and lighting plant led by John A Reed of Cedar Rapids was approved. The project, capitalized at 200000, aims to start within thirty days and improve light services for the city and surrounding area. Local business leaders and the Commercial club support the venture with southern Iowa investors.
The piece notes a possible Linn county seat move from Marion to Cedar Rapids and a Senate push to repeal a one mile rule. It reports defeat of a coroners bill proposing appointment over election, with talk of shifting judicial inquiry to regular courts. A busy Fifth and Commercial street corner shows 533 vehicles observed.
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