Constitutionalists Make Progress Around Tampico
United States reports from Washington say constitutionalists are pressing the Tampico area, with foreigners removed to a neutral zone for protection. American ships guard noncombatants as battleships stay offshore, while federals near Tampico resist with renewed fighting and refugees are taken aboard US vessels.
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Tampico
Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Navy Department
Chester
Wheeling
Tacona
Rhode Island
Michigan
Vera Cruz
Tacoma
Attempt on South Africa magnate Sir Lionel Phillips
An assassination attempt occurred in Johannesburg as Sir Lionel Phillips, leading South African gold magnate, was fired upon. Three shots were fired, one hit his neck and another his side. condition not grave. The assailant, a Dutch storekeeper named Nissum, was arrested amid strike-related bitterness over mine owners and worker unrest. Phillips, linked to Rhodes and Beit, has been in Johannesburg since 1889 and faced a death sentence in 1896 later commuted to a fine and banishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Sir Lionel Phillips
South Africa
Lionel
Commissioner Street
Lionel Phillips
Cecil Rhodes
Alfred Beit
Wernhert, Beit & Co
Sir Lionel
Pretoria
John Hays Hammond
George P. Farrar
Col
Frank Rhodes
Nissum
Courier Circulation Soars Doubling in Six Years
The Evening Courier’s sworn daily average rose from 4,117 six years ago to 8,941 now per Audit Company of New York. Advertisers gain by larger circulation while prices stay comparatively stable. In Waterloo, daily average grows from 1,800 to 4,870, a rise of 1705/9 percent over six years.
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Evening Courier
Audit Company of
New York
The
Courier
City of
Waterloo
Trial of Hans Schmidt Advances in Murder Case
In New York court today the father of Hans Schmidt wept as his son ignored him in court. Prosecutors seek to show Schmidt acted with premeditation and sanity, while defense argues mental irresponsibility. Letters from Anna Aumuller and related correspondence were read, including harsh notes about Schmidt and Anna’s relationship and a cousin’s deportation threat.
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New York
Hans Schmidt
Germany
Anna Aumuller
Hans
Schmidt
Tombs
Hudson River
Anna Huttler
Cloclunat
Miss Huttler
Aumuller
Mr. Schmidt
Jos
Rigler
Anna Aumailer
Anna
America
Austria
Eigler
New Haven Stock Collapse And Dividend Suspension
New York trading opens with New Haven & Hartford stock plunging to 68 1 2 after a 72 3 4 close. Traders fear dividend suspension while general market shows limited impact amid renewed speculation and brief recovery attempts.
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New Haven
Wall Street
Acquittals in Two County Bootlegging Cases
Juries in two bootlegging cases in this county returned acquittals after prolonged deliberations. In state v Landy a quick verdict followed a short jury stay. In state v Peters, testers and barbers testified, but the panel declined to convict, prompting temperance officials to lament weak evidence and anticipate more trials ahead. Peters operated a barber shop and pool room on Sycamores Street. Detective Moore testified for the state, while defense witnesses challenged the sales claims. County Attorney Hoxle and assistant McCoy urged further actions, including Maxwell Case. The Dry movement faced disappointment, and future pleas of guilty were deemed unlikely as nearly all defendants would be tried with twelve men. The Peters panel also saw challenges to potential juror Mal O Keefe, and remarks from venireman about the detective drew comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
P. H. Landy
Ed. Peters
Peters
Sycamores Street
George F. Moore
Moore
W. W. Lewis
Temperance Association
Hoxle
E. H. McCoy
Ve. Maxwell
Case
Mulberry Street
Wills N. Birdsall
Cedar Falls
Soxie
Mal O'Keefe
Veniceman
O'Keefe
Mr. O'Keefe
Fatalities in Family in Columbus Hit by Gas
Miss Barbara Hart of Caruthersville Missouri died this morning from gas asphyxiation. Her death followed the funeral of her grandmother Mrs L B Hart of Worthington Ohio who was found dead Tuesday. Miss Rachel Hart, Barbara s sister, is believed to be recovering. Rachel s fiancé Dr Edgar Allen of Columbus Ohio may delay their wedding set for December 27. Barbara Hart was to wed Calvin Howe of Duluth Minnesota. The Hart sisters had recently inherited a half million dollar legacy.
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Columbus, O
Barbara Hart
Caruthersville
L. B. Hart
Worthington
Rachel Hart
Edgar Allen
Calvin Howe
Duluth
Minn
Hart
Tornado sinks canoes in Freetown killing natives
A devastating tornado in Freetown Sierra Leone sank twenty canoes carrying about four hundred natives. Over two hundred fifty perished with 136 rescued by the cable ship Sentinel. The storm also damaged the town and port, while the search for the missing continued. Mrs James Duer and her daughter Gertrudy arrived in the city visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freetown
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Sentinel
Flood Toll Rising In Texas Devastation Reported
Houston Tex Dec 11 One hundred sixty five persons perished and about 20 000 were driven from home as floods swept through several Texas sections over ten days Damaged property reached 6 000 000 as the crest moved from the Brazos river delta toward the Gulf The estimate is from reports received today of the afflicted territory
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Presidio
Tex
United States
Ojinaga
Huerta
Salavador Mercaro
Herrera
Houston
Texas
Brazos River
Gulf
Roll of Honor Subscriber Letter to Waterloo Courier
A 1913 Waterloo Iowa reader writes to the Waterloo Evening Courier praising the paper after 57 years of subscription. The letter notes the paper began in a one man print shop and ends with a brief cigar advertisement reference.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Waterloo Evening Courier
G. P. Geck
Widow Gets 815000 Damages in Gold Coin Payment
In Reno Nevada a stack of gold coins totaling 15450 was paid yesterday afternoon by J M Fulton for Mamie Forrester widow of Dick Forrester. The wrongful death suit stemmed from her husband's ejection from a train in winter leading to illness and death.
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Reno
Nev. Nee
J. M. Fulton
Southern Pacine Company
Mamie Forrester
Dick Forrester
Roller skates adopted by Chicago postal clerks
Chicago December 11 roller skates adopted to speed clerks in the post office checking room. Eight clerks use the rollers with more to join if the innovation proves valuable. A concrete basement stretch a block long houses the moving track.
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Chicago
Life Insurance Leaders Warn of Mortgaged Policies
Fifteen billion dollars of life insurance protection were reported at the seventh annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents in New York. Executives from Los Angeles and Canada attended. Ex-President Taft spoke. A key issue was policyholders mortgaging life policies, reducing beneficiary protection as loans rose from 4.13 percent of reserves in 1888 to 16 percent in 1912, likely near 18 percent this year.
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New York
Association of Life Insurances
Los Angeles
Canada
Taft
Arthur H. Childs
Boston
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Red Cross fundraising pledges for Civil War memorial HQ
Washington, D. C. Dec. 11. At a Red Cross Society meeting, Mrs. Russell Sage, John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. R. H. Harriman and James A. Scrymier pledged 300,000 toward a building in Washington as a Civil War memorial and Red Cross headquarters, with Congress providing a conditional 406,000 appropriation. Jacob H. Schiff added 100,000 for Red Cross town and country nursing, and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid pledged 2,500 annually. Medals were awarded to several Ohio food relief workers and Balkan war medics, including Maj. Clyde S. Ford and John B. Jackson.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross Society
Russell Sage
John D. Rockefeller
R. H. Harriman
James A. Scrymier
Congress
Washington
American Red Cross
Jacob H. Schiff
Red Cross
Whitelaw Reid
Ohio
James M. Cox
Jacob G.schmidlapp
Cincinmati
George W. Latimer
Columbus
Edward A. Deeds
Dayton
Homer H. Johnson
Cleveland
S. Hull Richardson, Jr
Toledo
W. A. Compton
Pomeroy
John H. Patterson
Maj
Clyde 8. Ford
Medical Corps
Hoffman Philips
W. W. Rockhill
Constantinople
John B. Jackson
Bucharest
Roumania
Judson Re elected Master of Grange
Cedar Rapids Ia Dec. 11 At today's Iowa State Grange session A B Judson of Balfour was re elected master W A Caldwell of Oskaloosa was elected secretary and M E Blair of Manchester treasurer Henry Morgenthau at post Constantinople Dec 11 Henry Morgenthau of New York the new American ambassador to Turkey was received in official audience by the sultan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Grange
A. B. Judson
Balfour
W. A. Caldwell
Oskaloosa
M. E. Blair
Manchester
Henry Morghenthau
Constantinople
Henry Morgenthau
New York
Turkey
Income tax suit attacks constitutionality in Chicago
Miss De Wolfe, former actress, sues Continental and Commercial Trust & Savings bank challenging the income tax as unjust and confiscatory. Judge Landis dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, sending the case toward the U S Supreme Court. attorney Cochran argues the tax’s gross inequalities burden high earners and violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States District Court
Landis
Supreme Court of the United States
Eisie de Wolfe
New York
Versailles
France
Continental and Commercial Trust & Savings Bank of
W. Bourke Beckran
Colin C. H. Fyffe
Miss de Wolfe
Levy Mayer
Congress
Cockraal
Cochran
Five Delaware County Men Charged With Killing Negro
Five young men from Delaware County, tied to the posse that shot a fleeing Black man near Greeley, IA, have been arrested in Manchester and charged with murder. Bail set at $5,000 each with business leaders signing bonds. arraigned before Judge Dunham and pleaded not guilty. Marshal Hansel, alleged to have ordered the fatal pursuit, remains in custody with a $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
Manchester
M. P. Hennessey
Greeley
Geo
W. Dunham
Ross Chase
Chester Willard
Frank Sprague
Ren Brady
Marshal Hansel
Yell
Bia Pureners
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Carranza
Admiral Fletcher
Castro
Mexico City
Federal War Department
War Department
Victoria
Coco
San Luis Patestine
Deek Life OF
Yar
Anna Aulmuller
Fendant
N.Y
Markel
Antieh
Wis
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Maven
Rathio
Temperance
Fata Iity
Black Hawk
Eo. Peters
A. H. Crowther
Berven
G. A. Zemke
Kemp
Cedar Township
J. Gibbs
W. A. Marshall
F. C. Hussey
Ralhord
Ligou
la Porte City
He.c. Miller
E. G. Bickley
A. Palmer
Bath Packing Co
Drys
Landy
el Tovar
Havana
James Duer
Millersburg
A. A. Hisenhart
Maple Street
Roll OF Honor Courier
Red Ross
Judson
Grange
Tory
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