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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
8
In Waverly Iowa a ten year old and a Russian companion drowned after breaking through thin ice on the mill pond. While rescuers tried to reach them, three men capsized and Theodora Daniels nearly died, pulled from icy water after over half an hour.
Medill McCormick, vice chairman, announced plans for the Progressive party conference to be held in Chicago next Tuesday and Wednesday. Col. Roosevelt, with the New York delegation, will arrive Monday noon and speak at 11 am Tuesday. A Tuesday night "family dinner" will feature addresses by Roosevelt, Senator Dixon, and former Senator Beveridge with both women and men delegates present.
Mason City Iowa December 7 reports indicate definite plans to circulate a saloon petition here within two weeks. Brewery interests are canvassing the area and will place petitions with canvassers soon as they prepare to wage a campaign to regain ground lost by court actions affecting Waterloo and Ottumwa saloons. O. B. Osborne prominent Beloit leader dies at sea en route to Japan.
Spokane, Dec 7. Goldblatt, a jeweler, sues Dr. G H Roher for 15000 claiming the physician told him he had stomach cancer and that recovery was impossible. Believing death would claim him, he sold his jewelry business at a loss and waited for death while consulting other doctors who said he was well.
Melville B. Mendell, a New York lawyer, died trying to rescue his 14 year old daughter Lilian from a Queens home blaze after saving his wife and two other children. Neighbors failed to halt his second entry as the house burned, leaving him and Lilian dead in a bedroom.
Washington on Dec 7 the impeachment trial of Judge Archbald continued with testimony about his links to a Katydid refuse coal dump near Scranton Pennsylvania. Charles F Cann of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley railroad testified Archbald sought to buy the coal option but Cann declined after legal advice.
In Princeton New Jersey a fire in a Witherspoon hall dorm suite occupied by M M Dixon of Washington DC and M M Kritchlow of Salt Lake City member of the senior class was fought by students forming a bucket brigade until the town fire department arrived. The blaze confined to three suites with about $1500 in damage. Woodrow Wilson once roomed in Witherspoon hall during his college days.
Samson Williams was shot and killed and his son RR Williams was seriously injured by Mat Armstrong who then killed himself. Armstrong was a son-in-law of Samson Williams. A family disturbance led to the tragedy as reported from Holland Texas.
Richmond Va Dec 7 The annual conference of governors in the city drew many state executives and governors elect. Discussions on topics of interest to rulers and people were under way as the gathering opened. One man rose when Mayor Ainslie asked governors whose wives did not rule to stand, eliciting applause for his stance. Governor Gilchrist then explained I am a bachelor.
Carrie Chapman Catt urges equal suffrage supporters to burn hats and corsets and adopt trousers as a healthier, more practical dress. She cites her world tour showing Western women fettered by fashion and promotes the Chinese dress as sanitary and comfortable, detailing loose trousers and a straight coat.
London authorities clashed with suffragists at a Dalston hall during a home rule demonstration. John Redmond, leader of the Irish nationalist party, watched as protesters were forcibly evicted for about thirty minutes. Clergymen and others were among the aggressors, and Redmond could only remark on the tragedy of causing the women’s cause to become a comic interlude.
In New York, Salvatore Tripodo, who freed a young woman four weeks ago from four would‑be kidnappers in a taxi, was killed just outside his east side tenement. The rescue survivor escaped as the attackers attempt another capture failed.
A wave of cold storage eggs hit the Chicago market with prices dropping from 22 to 12 cents wholesale. Over half a million eggs were sold at a loss to speculators, and nearly 1.7 million cases remained in storage. Brokers warn prices may fall toward 14 cents per dozen before New Year as holders rush to unload and margins tighten.
London reports the British government places St James palace at the disposal of Ottoman and Balkan plenipotentiaries for a conference to settle the Balkan question. Delegates include Tevfik Pasha and Gruechoff. Greece may enter separate talks. cholera spreads in Constantinople with official warnings of penalties for non reporting.
London, Weo. The four great aiture was declared today by the locomotive engineers of the Northeastern Railroad company because one of the engineers, off duty, was convict ed for drunkenness after paging on the main line. He was reduced to running a pilot engine. The man had been promised reinstatement if future conduct was good, but the union remanded immediate reinstatement. As this was not granted, the men were called out. Thousands of company engineers have quit, disrupting the main line and branches.
Brightlingsea England Dec inverdiet coroner's jury returns verdict of willful murder and suicide while insane on Janus Booth an American and his wife found shot in bed at the seaside resort. Witnesses described Booth as American who ran a rheumatograph show and as addicted to drugs. a note stated he gave his wife a sleeping draught and would then kill himself.
Governors from over twenty states traveled to Washington to join President Taft for a White House luncheon and a conference on rural credits and cooperative farm banks. Taft supports uniform state legislation and urged further investigation, with invitations extended to elect governors, Knox, MacVeagh, Herrick, and Senator Fletcher to attend as guests or observers.
Chief Justice John Shields of the Tennessee Supreme Court wed Tamnette D. Vowsn in a St Bartholomew’s Church ceremony in New York attended by six family members and a few friends including the Attorney General. The couple will return to Knoxville after the holidays for the court’s reopening.
The steam barge Arizona arrived in Chicago after a dangerous crossing from Midland Ontario. The vessel was sixty hours overdue, causing concern for its safety.
Washington December 7 Governor Wadley of Missouri conferred with Senators Horah Kenyon and La Follette on reorganizing the Republican party. Governors from Richmond discussed reforms and a possible convention next year. Hadley indicated a formal announcement may follow. others arrived early for planned sessions with state officials.
Brussels reveals a scandal over foreign decorations with Belgian subjects seeking the Grand Cordon of the Double Dragon of China. The diploma was real but stolen from London and Lazard’s international decorations business is under scrutiny with branches abroad.
A garbled weather note reports the temperature at 21 degrees with a comparison to a year ago when the minimum was 28 and the maximum 41 degrees. The text is partial and includes several unreadable fragments.
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