Huerta Denies Ultimatum as Lind Reports Cordial Talk
Washington awaits final outcome of Mexico negotiations between John Lind and Provisional President Huerta before actions. Dispatches deny any ultimatum to recognize Huerta or passport threats, while Lind calls his meeting with Huerta cordial. Senators briefed, white house confirms cautious optimism amid ongoing talks. General Trevino summoned to Mexico by Huerta.
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Washington
United States
John Lind
Huerta
Mexico
O'Shaughnessy
Bayard Hale
Mexico City
Wilson
Bryan
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Charles O'Shaughnessy
Gamboa
Charge O'Shaughnessy
White House
Mr. Lind
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Urrutia
Gam- Na
O’shaughnessy
Lind
Lodge
Gobernacion
Senor Urrutia
Los Angeles
Cal
Geronimo Trevino
Monterey
Diggs Testifies In Own Defense In Reno Escapade Case
Maury I. Diggs former California state architect took the stand to describe the Reno escapade a midnight flight from Sacramento to Reno with Marsha Warrington Lola Nor tis and F Drew Caminetti as part of the Mann white slave traffic act trial Diggs claimed he was driven by fear and sought to leave town and return to his family and business while Warrington and Norris testified they left home under threat and with marriage promised Diggs identified Warrington as the instigator at the January 31 remark she said you are a piker and we girls have framed thee
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San Francisco
Maury I. Diggs
California
Reno
Nevada State Line
Sacramento
Marsha Warrington
Lola Nortis
F. Drew Caminetti
van Fleet
Diggs
Miss Warrington
Misa Norris
H R Lee Goes to Wisconsin and Y M C A News
Word reaches Waterloo that H R Lee, former Y M C A physical director, has joined the Y M C A at La Crosse Wisconsin. Rev E J Starr, previously with Waterloo Y M C A and recent religious work at Hansell Ia, is visiting today. Jacob Bintz, new physical director at the Y M C A, arrived from Des Moines and is praised for boxing skill, with revival of the sport expected among Y athletes.
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H. R. Lee
la Grosse
Wis
E. J. Starr
Waterloo
Hansell
Jacob Bintz
M. CG. A
Des Moines
Bintz
Temperature report for August 19 and prior year highs
Temperature summary shows yesterday's minimum 76 and maximum 89 with a reference to Buchanan Optical Co markings. It notes a year ago minimum 71 and maximum 88, providing a compact historical temperature comparison.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate
Explosion Kills and Injures Dozens in Mexico City
An explosion on a dynamite laden car at Tacubaya on the Mexico City streetcar line killed or injured more than 100 people, mostly laborers and women and children. Thirty bodies removed from debris as wreckage left adobes collapsed within 500 feet. The blast followed a collision between a iron pipe car and the dynamite car.
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Mexico City
Tacubaya
New Garage for Waterloo West
J. B. Williams and O. F. Teeter have completed a deal with A. E. Glenny to buy a plot at Fifth and Washington adjoining their property. The lot extends to the rear alley and will allow construction of a new garage on the site.
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J. BE. Williams
O. F. Teeter
A A. E. Glenny
Fifth
Washington Streets
Messrs. Williams and
Teeter
Postal rates boost parcel limit to twenty pounds
Waterloo residents have not yet widely embraced the new parcel post rates that began August 15, with the Waterloo post office reporting little change in business. The changes raise the maximum weight for mailed packages to twenty pounds.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Post Office
Father John's Medicine Cited To Cure Baby S Bronchitis
An advertisement quotes William F. Maguire of Long Island City claiming Father John s Medicine healed his baby s bronchitis and soothed sore lungs in plain terms.
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John
Wm. F. Maguire
Long Island City
Panama Canal Engineer Paris on Wellness Break
Lieutenant Colonel David Du Bois Gaillard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in charge of the central division of the Panama Canal project since 1906, arrived in New York aboard the Panama liner Advance with a severe nervous collapse after seven years of labor in the canal zone. Friends, noting his prominence and health concerns, have urged him to take a long rest.
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Washington
Aug. i
David du Bois Gaillard
Corps of Engineers
Panama Canal
Culebra
New York
Panama
Canal Zone
Gail‘Jard
The Wood Carver of Glacier Park Stirs Tourists
John Clark, half Scotch and half Blackfoot, is famed as Glacier National Park’s wood carver. Deaf and dumb, he shapes cedar trunks into lifelike bear images in a week and plans to take up oil painting. He is also skilled in clay modeling.
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Glacier Park
John Clark
Glacier National Park Reservation
Clark
Elay
Tragedy Follows Scandal Reports in Martin's Ferry
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 19 John Marshall shot his wife at their breakfast table after hearing unfounded scandal rumors. Chief Hyland forced entry as Marshall fled to the attic and then killed himself. Four of six children witnessed the tragedy including Martin.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Marshall
Martin’s Ferry
Edward Hyland
Marshall House
Marshall
Hyland
Sunken State of California Survivor List Grows
Seventeen survivors from the steamship State of California are hospitalized in Juneau and Seattle after striking a rock and sinking near Gasnbler Bay. Thirty-two total survivors, eleven in hospital, with ten bodies recovered and fifteen listed as missing. Survivors include Alvin Vinnedge of Des Moines and George O'Dell of Kansas, among others.
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Seattle
Wash
Aug
State of California
Northwestern
Juneau
Alaska
Woo
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Iron Steamship
Gasnbler Bay
James
Furser L. J. Coughlin
George O'Dell
Shushanna Gold Field
Alvin Vinnedge
Des Moines
H.R. Andrews
Belle Vinnedge Drake
Jes Moines
The
Capital
Lawrence Ferris
New York
Hans Johnson
Pilot McGillivray
Ee Petar Olson
Tacoma
Peter Olson
Shaw
Sydney
Australia
M. J. Tracy
Old Mexico-1947 Fireworks Spectacle At Red Cedar Park
Thousands enjoyed a bright pyrotechnic show by 300 performers under the Valerion Town Criers at Red Cedar park. The event featured a mimic battle, Mexican dances, acrobats, and a 400 square foot fireworks display spelling notes of Waterloo. Teddy the entertainer drew cheers as animals roamed the stage amid a simulated jungle. The sky lit with lightning and thunder replaced by Pain's display, ending with a clear night and stars as performers left the artificial storm in charge. The second performance of Old Meyieoots47 is planned for tonight at the same venue with the same acts.
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Old Mexico
Red Cedar Ball Park
Valerion Town
Mexico
Waterton
Aj Shieli
Fram
LaRue Town Crier
Wingie
Pain
Teddy
Waterloo Way
Red Cedar Park
Thaw in Custody After Ship Disaster And Flights
Survivors of the State of California wreck face exposure as the vessel breaks apart near Gambier. Captain Thomas Cana reports many perished, including Miss Lil Haun Ward, while others were rescued by canneries and later by ships. In Canada, Harry K Thaw admits identity but fights extradition. he is arrested at Hermenegilde Garford and held in Sherbrooke as authorities plan transfer to Montreal.
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State of California
Thotias H. Cana
Bat Alup
Alaska Steamship Company
Jefferson
Dunn
Gambier
Wieamer
Petersburg
Juneau
Coaticook
Quebec
Harry K. Thaw
Sherbrooke
Justlce
United States
Thaw
Hermenegilde-Garford
Here
New Hampshire
Matteawan
N. Y
B. H. Kelsey
Colebrook
N. H
Maine Central
Hereford
Kelsey
Hermenegild-Garford
Malleawan
J. Shirtliff
Shirtliff
Sherbrook
Montreal
Hector Verret
King’s Counsel
Kieb
Matteawat Hospital
Harry Thaw
Ottawa
B. H. Kelse i
Mtn Thay
Slaughter of Man on Bridge Stuns Washington Ave
Indianapolis Aug 19 real estate dealer Frank Falk was murdered on the temporary bridge over White River at Washington Avenue. His body was found by three circus-loading transfer men. A revolver with unexploded shells was found in his pack, suggesting suicide is unlikely. Falk leaves a widow and two daughters. He also owned a short car line in Brownsburg Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Falk
White River
Washington Avenue
Falk
Mia. Falk
Brownsburg
Inspection of Mullan Avenue Bridge and Cedar River Bank
Prof. Daniel W. Mead of Wisconsin along with J. T. Sullivan Lore Alford and L. E. Fowler for the Board of Trade and Judge W. Mullan J. F. Williams and Paul Davis for the Chamber of Commerce inspected the Mullan Avenue bridge and Cedar River bank from the Y M C A building. No report yet on flood danger from current plans though Mead’s expertise is expected to influence the case. Mead formerly lived in Waterloo east with sister Mrs. T. A. Rose and attended East High School under principal J. W. Akers. they now reside in Sioux City.
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Daniel W. Mead
Madison
Uniof Wisconsin
J.T. Sullivan
Lore Alford
L. E. Fowler
Board of Trade
W. Mullan
Paul Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Mullan Avenue i
Cedar River
Y. M
Mullan Avenue
C. A. Roby
City Fonginerr
Mead
Prof. Mead
Waterloo East
T. A. Rose
East High School
J. W. Akers
Dre
Rose
Sioux City
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Towne
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Havana
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Martin
State OF
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Ontario
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Mulvena
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