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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1912
Page
7
At the Progressive party convention Col. Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for president by W. A. Prendergast amid platform talks and new party rules. The name was simplified to Progressive, with rules favoring delegates by Congressmen, Senators, and vote totals.
Chicago on August 7 Henry J Allen of Kansas seconded Roosevelt’s nomination. He said a discarded committee derailed the Republican Party from its progressive path, but the people will not accept fraud in politics. He argued three fourths of Republican states back Roosevelt and urged the convention to correct June’s wrong.
Enrollment at the Black Hawk county institute exceeds one hundred as teachers present pupil work. The basement display at West High shows needlework raffia woodwork watercolor and drawing along with booklet projects. J W Williamson of Los Angeles spoke on California and Mrs Mattie Moore Mitchell discussed Three Times Three at chapel.
Chicago Aug 7 The national progressive convention failed to open on time as platform work continued with Col Roosevelt in conference. Beveridge kept chairing the temporary body through several procedural moves. Hotchkiss praised New York progress and noted Roosevelt’s likely 25 to 30 percent Tamany vote share. Rules were amended adding four women to the national committee and redefining representation. Prendergast’s absence delayed Roosevelt nomination.
Wm A Prendergast of New York placed Col Roosevelt's name in nomination calling him a national asset. He hailed the convention as a crowning act of protest by the American people against corrupted democracy and urged the new party to sustain Lincoln's belief that right makes might.
Mrs Mildred Rathbone of 282 Miller Street Westfield attempted suicide by drinking an ounce of chloroform at 7 o clock. Dr W H Taylor saved her, and she was reported out of danger at noon. She left a note to her son Lionel now in Oklahoma apologizing for the act and saying she had been misjudged.
Nicholas of Montenegro, famed for stinginess, learns a lesson when his silk hat given to a valet reappears worn by the man. Ministers accuse him of extravagance, though he earns vast sums from Russia and Austria. The king finally pays the valet ten cents to have the hat ironed and retrieves it.
In St Louis and Missouri counties Cowherd leads Elliott W Major by an estimated 10,000 votes as 150 of 405 precincts in St Louis report a 15,000 edge. Major carried 50 of 75 counties early, but Cowherd's urban margins likely hold. McKinley named Republican nominee. Champ Clark unopposed for renomination. Bartholdt leads in the Tenth district.
District Attorney Whitman presses to identify two suspects said to have occupied the murder car the night Herman Rosenthal was killed. Chauffeur William Shapiro cannot identify them. Detectives pursue corroboration of Bald Jack Rose's confession and alleged ties to Becker.
Topeka Aug 7 incomplete returns from yesterday's primary deepen the contest between Charles Curtis and Gov. W. R. Stubbs for the U S Senate seat. Early figures show a close race with both sides claiming victory while Hugh Farrelly leads for the Democratic Senate nomination and George W Hodges defeats Mayor J B Billard for governor as returns trickle in.
Washington notes propose increases in freight rates on commodities to take effect September 2 after new tariffs filed by the transcontinental railways with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The county board plans acoustics improvements in the court room by lowering 1600 feet of ceiling canvas, costing several hundred dollars. Lou Hartman of Anamosa, a guard at the state reformatory, visits brothers Tom and Ed Hartman in Waterloo.
Seagit New Jersey August 7. Senator elect Ola M. James of Kentucky as permanent chairman of the Baltimore convention formally tendered the Democratic nomination for president to Governor Woodrow Wilson. James praised the candidate and attacked Taft and Roosevelt while condemning Republican trust policy and urging a tariff free party.
Beight thanks committees and pledges plain speaking as he accepts the nomination. He frames a new age of national development focusing on justice, right, and the fight against monopoly. He outlines two great tasks: reforming tariffs and protecting public resources while expanding opportunity in health, freedom, and prosperity. The tariff issue is critiqued as a system of favors used to placate powerful manufacturers.
Ernest son of Daniel Davies of Waterloo wed Miss Irmegard Esch in a Chicago ceremony this morning. Notes accompany temperature records with a 83 degree high at 3 p.m. and historical compare showing 67 low and 84 high a year ago.
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