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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1912
Page
6
Taft and Roosevelt clash through Massachusetts in a multi city swing as Roosevelt trails in the early stage while Taft presses the Payne tariff record. Taft defends progress, cites labor protection and declares the administration aided industry. Roosevelt plans nineteen speeches and disputes Taft on the Harvester suit.
Professional aeronaut Wmt. M. Morton jumped from a moving biplane at 2600 feet over Venice. Carried aloft by Phil Parmalee, Morton opened his parachute after a 200 foot fall, then landed among electric wires and sustained minor injuries after a 10 foot drop.
Rollo Missouri April 29 Three Newburg county prisoners are jailed after a fatal shooting and an attack on Miss Jennie Short. Walter Lane is charged with killing Louis Colvin with a revolver taken from Deputy Constable Louis McCain. Robert Colvin is held for aiding the attack on Lane and Charles Arnold is suspected of assaulting Miss Short. A mob formed to storm the Newbury jail after the Saturday attack, but Sheriff Wilson intervened.
A locomotive in the Santa Fe round house at Ft. Madison Indiana started suddenly and crashed through a wall due to a throttle valve leak. No injuries are reported and the engine was brought under control after the mishap.
A laborer on Swan Island in the gulf suffers a crushed foot. With no medical books aboard, a wireless operator asks a ship’s surgeon 420 miles below in the Caribbean for guidance. Details are relayed and the assistant carries out the amputation. The patient recovers and thanks the crew.
Taft spoke in Springfield Massachusetts denouncing Roosevelt in pointed terms. He framed his campaign as defending constitutional government and party principles while rejecting personal quarrels. He criticized misstatements he said misled voters and asserted he represents a cause within the Republican party.
Guglielmo Marconi testified before the Senate committee, denying efforts to suppress Titanic news. He read forgotten messages to Carpathia operators and explained delays, while preparations to sail to England were announced.
A powerful tornado struck Oklahoma City on April 68 with 39 deaths and over 300 injuries. Emergency crews report extensive damage as shelters take in survivors and authorities assess the devastation.
Paris April 29 Bonnot leader of the automobile bandits killed after a five hour siege with police in a garage He and lieutenant Dubois were trapped and killed Bonnot nicknamed the Demon Chauffeur died en route to hospital Dubois died when police stormed the garage The episode recalls the 1911 London battle with police and soldiers and ends the pursuit of the gang leader and the burial of Subchief Jauin scheduled for today
Jules Vedrines, France’s famed aviator, likely fatally injured when his Deperdussin monoplane crashed near St Denis after a test flight from Douai. Spectators differ on cause, with wires or a passing train cited. Vedrines suffered a fractured skull and was taken by train to Paris for emergency surgery.
New York April 29 dispatches from the Mackay Bennet cable ship report wireless notes. One message questions a W Hanton or Whinton fireman aboard the Thrante. A second confirms the name Fred Sutton listed earlier, though the second list omitted him. Delays due to bad weather push the vessel back until 9 am Tuesday.
Boston April 29 Col Roosevelt directly challenges President Taft over the Harvester trust dispute. He recalls Taft at cabinet meetings and accuses him of subserving political aims over public interest. Roosevelt asserts full cabinet discussion and says Taft held back despite full information.
Colorado Springs Colo April 23 That Champ Clark's candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination would be endorsed by a practically unanimous vote today at the state convention here was apparent before the convention opened. It was a foregone conclusion that Colorado's delegation to the national convention would be instructed to vote for Clark.
Temperature data for April 29 shows a record with a low around 12 at night and a high near 68 during the day. Des Moines news notes a six and a half pound daughter born to Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Harter on Saturday.
A civil anti trust suit will be filed in Minneapolis to dissolve International Harvester under the Sherman act. The $141 million concern includes McCormick Deering Champion Milwaukee Osborne and Piano. Government alleges the trust controls 85 to 90 percent of harvesters business and McCormick Deering hold 60 to 65 percent, making dissolution negotiations futile.
Chicago April 29 Three people were killed and two seriously injured when an automobile was struck by a passenger train on Illinois Central tracks at North Riverside. The deceased were Mr and Mrs Robert Puffer and Mrs C M Se bree, all riding in the car. H H Puffer and W V Logan, both service men for Studebaker, were injured. It is believed the auto occupants did not see the approaching train.
Washington reports both war and navy departments deny that Army transport Buford en route to the west coast of Mexico to pick up refugees was to be convoyed by destroyers Perry and Preble. The ships, from San Diego, operate under torpedo boat flotilla command in San Francisco and are not bound for Mexico. Buford to pick up deputy consul general Claude E. Guyant at San Diego to establish a consular agency at Los Mochis, then proceed overland if needed.
Rev. W F Spry cited a Waterloo couple with a total yearly income of only 150 dollars as an example of gratitude and contentment. He referenced biblical praise and urged appreciation of health and nature amid financial difficulty.
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