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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
6
Alarming headlines report the Titanic disaster with casualties spanning social classes. Only 668 of approximately 2,200 aboard were saved. the tragedy unfolds in the early hours as lifeboat shortages and freezing waters claim many lives.
Reports from St Johns and London detail the Titanic disaster with 866 survivors aboard the Carpathia and about 1,341 feared dead. The Carpathia heads to New York, while ships near the scene search for more survivors and confirm casualty figures.
A compiled list of maritime losses from 1890s to early 1900s, naming steamships and ships such as Urorsia Nanchow Horn Head Chicera Kapunda LaBour gogne Norge Hilda Valencia Larchmont Berlin Colima Copernicus Gen Sio and others. It notes wrecks, foundering, collisions, sinking, strikes on reefs, and the Titanic among varied incidents with scattered dates and vague details.
Washington April 11 Apprehension in official circles over the Mexican situation was shown in White House conferences with President Taft and the cabinet Huntington Wilson acting secretary of state and Maj Con Leonard Wood chief of staff of the army taking part.
A fragment notes Walter Donglne of Minneapolis traveling with his wife aboard the Wuhan. It claims he is a multimillionaire and that his brother owns a large starch manufacturing business in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The item also mentions a cigarette brand Marta's Standard 5c.
New York dispatches announce 868 survivors aboard the Carpathia and note many names yet unreceived. Messages from Cape Race and Sable Island say passengers were picked up by the Carpathia as the Titanic sank at 3 a.m. Monday. Weather fog and storms hinder rescue hopes as 68 survivors near New York on the Carpathia are expected Friday morning.
Wireless from Cape Race, Newfoundland, reports the Carpathia saved most Titanic survivors. First cabin names required hours to verify with some discrepancies. The list includes many saloon passengers such as Anderson, Harry. Cardoza, Mrs. J. BE. W.. Fort, Mark. Frauenthal, Dr. Henry. Gracie, Archibald. Greenfield, Mrs. Lee. and others, with continued at page 3.
Washington April 16 Representative Graham Illinois chairman of the house interior department expenditure committee leveled a sharp charge that Representative Mann knowingly uttered a deliberate falsehood to discredit him. The dispute followed Mann's claim Graham befriended and advised a woman lobbyist active on Indian legislation. An affidavit Mann said proved his charges was read but dismissed as not proof. In Waterloo last night Ywuls A Fay and Sarah F B Florian wed in the presence of Justice F R Dempster. the couple will reside in this city. For gentlemen, San Eclice, 6¢ cigar.
A large audience attends a demonstration on a claimed state story. A model door is shown to illustrate an alleged impossible shot, challenging the official account and fueling debate among observers.
Testimony portrays Susie and Henry Phillips saying McCaskill forced a gun through a wide door gap and shot the father in the knee as he clung to a closed door. They assert the father then struck McCaskill with a poker. McCaskill fired again while inside the kitchen, hitting the father. McCaskill testifies he was invited inside for his coat, was beaten by Phillips, and fired first at Phillips’s leg as he knelt, then fired again during a struggle over the revolver.
Lawyers clash over testimonies as two children at home provide key statements while the father remains unable to speak. The storm of legal argument centers on the reliability and weight of the conflicting evidence presented by both sides.
Prosecutor McCoy pressed for a first degree conviction, citing child witnesses and physical evidence such as door marks bullet holes and wound locations to support guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Defense attorney Alfred Longley contended the testimony should allow for acquittal on self defense or aggressor grounds.
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