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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1913
Page
13
English concern held responsible in a state department report to President Taft. A Bulgarian war office denial amidst conflicting reports from Constantinople claims Turkish bombardment of Adrianople. Roumania directs negotiations to gain a Black Sea coast strip.
In Los Angeles on February 7 Rosanna Elizabeth Johnson, weighing about 48 ounces, requires 46 drops of special food for a square meal. She is the first baby to draw an allowance from the county board of supervisors and is cared for by seven wealthy women, managers of the maternity cottage, plus several physicians. She has a custom incubator and a retinue of nurses.
In Madison Judge Stephens refused to cement the injunction against McGovern to force Commissioner Herman Kern to resign, while Louis A. Anderson would be the governor’s appointee. In Ames, Ia, A. Earle Holmes of Sioux City was elected president in Town state college freshmen elections with H B Winchester vice president, R W Beck secretary, and E G Hayward treasurer.
Washington February 7 Joseph P Tumulty selected by the President elect to continue as secretary during the Wilson administration was presented to Charles D Hilles Taft s secretary and later shown the executive offices He met the Washington correspondents at the National Press Club and smoked a Light Draft cigar in an advertisement context
Dr. Bradford Leavitt of the First Unitarian church will resign to pursue a new humane funeral doctrine. He has bought into a San Francisco undertakers firm and will serve as vice president, seeking brighter funerals with flowers and lighter tones.
Milwaukee patrolman stops Paddy Hynes a northern woods lumberman drawing chalk markings on a downtown building. He says he aims to blaze a trail back to the station and plans a trip home. Friends say it’s his first trip from the north woods without a cruising ax.
Washington February 7 Representative Garner's resolution asks the attorney general for all papers related to the order directing the U S marshal in New York not to serve bench warrants for the arrest of Standard Oil officers John D Archbold W C Teagle and Henry C Folder recently indicted in Texas the measure passed the house today.
Yesterday’s weather shows a minimum of 5 degrees and a maximum of 20 degrees. A year ago the minimum was 3 below zero and the maximum 11 above. Markings noted by Buchanan Optical Co indicate times and conditions on the ground floor Syndicate block.
Washington February Attorney General Wickersham said he would not issue an official statement on the announced dissolution of the Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger until the official draft was received Yet he expressed belief it would meet his approval stating the dissolution plan is just what he has been working for for weeks in light of news Hadad and telephone conversations with officials.
Chicago February 7 scientists from major American institutions publicly affirmed belief in evolution. In a Biblical World symposium Dean Shailer Matthews compiled 13 reactions from leaders at Dartmouth Johns Hopkins Chicago Columbia and Carnegie. They insist evolution supports the Gospel and call Christians to reconcile faith with science.
Brunswick Ga Feb 7 government money trust inquisitors arrived to question 72 year old William Rockefeller at Jekyll Island about his role in Standard Oil. Representative Arsene Pujo and Samuel Untermyer led the probe with clerks and reporters accompanying, the examination stated to be private.
Peoria Wisconsin February 7 fire originating in a defect in the feeding mechanism of an oil furnace caused about 200000 dollars in damage to the Avery Manufacturing company plant. The wheel house grinding room and blacksmith shops were destroyed. One man was injured while trying to stop the oil flow and over 140 workers fled the burning facility.
In Ogdensburg New York Rev Father L A Klauder won a damage suit but a jury cleared two physicians Dr W R Hanbidge and Dr W G Cooper of conspiracy and of paying damages. If upheld on appeal the $15 000 verdict would fall on Bishop Gabriels Coadjutor Bishop Conroy and the Ogdensburg state asylum medical staff.
Lincoln township resident Lock Alexander died on the first of the month in Pipestone Minnesota from paralysis. His brother Oliver Alexander is named in the notice.
New York Feb 7. Regardless of the district court ruling in Cipriano Castro ex president of Venezuela seeking entry the prisoner will remain in New York or Ellis Island for possibly up to a year. If habeas bail rights are denied an appeal will follow. If the government loses its appeal will be filed. Immigration commissioner Williams at Ellis Island filed a return to the writ delaying arguments and denying Castro's claim of forced questioning by the board of inquiry.
Washington February 1 The dispute between United States Commissioner Oliver and United States attorney at El Paso over arrest warrants for Enrique C Florente Mexican consul at El Paso who fled to Juarez was reported to Attorney General Wickersham. Federal attorney ordered warrants held pending probe into charges of neutrality violation. Commissioner then removed case from his jurisdiction by naming R E Bryant as special agent to execute arrest. President Recovering Salvadoran leader Araujo assaulted. improved per cable to Salvadoran consul Meza.
San Diego February 7 under hurried orders from the navy department the gunboat Annapolis began coaling today and will clear before night for Guaymas to reinforce the Denver and auxiliary Buffalo in the patrol of the western Mexican coast.
Washington reports commerce and industry in central Mexico paralyzed by a railway strike. The American copper smelter at Matchuaala, San Luis Potosi, will close tomorrow night due to inability to receive supplies.
In Madrid there is much talk in official circles about King Alfonso showing friendly sentiments toward Latin American states. Reports say he may visit some South American countries in the indefinite future. His secretary announced no planned moral visit to Buenos Aires via New York has been arranged.
New York reports a nationwide birthday week for the Boy Scouts of America. From Feb 8 to 14, 304,000 scouts will mark the movement’s third year with hikes and demonstrations from coast to coast. Leaders plan nationwide greetings to 6,500 troops and two focus days for demonstrations and hikes.
Representative J Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania urged the House to appropriate funds to recover the hull and underwater relics of the frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor. He noted a cost not exceeding 12 000 to 15 000 dollars and cited Maine and John Paul Jones cases as precedents.
Damages claims for foot injury against G Local Factory and multiple separations. Alvard seeks divorce from Mahala R Alvard with custody and property terms. Zimmerman seeks legal separation from Mary Zimmerman. Other suits include Nelson v Herrick Refrigerator Co for 3000, and actions involving Harbings and Stumbaugh, plus notes on promissory notes and accounts among Conkey Coal Co and Waterton Artificial Ice Co.
In Los Angeles on February 7 Clarence S. Darrow’s counsel, George N. Lockwood, faced a courtroom scene after the attorney Bert H. Franklin and juror Bain described bribery ties to the McNamara trial. Despite doctors warning Rodgers could die or lose reason, he continued to cross examine Lockwood, a Venice man who testified as a key witness in the earlier jury bribery episode.
There is much interest in Black Hawk county over the nomination of Fred P. Inggemann of Waverly as the democratic candidate for state senator in the Bremer Butler district to succeed the deceased Charles Gates. Inggemann, a young attorney with FLFR Barwell, has deep roots in Bremer county and broad ties in Black Hawk. He grew up in Bremer, studied at Waterloo College and Waterloo Business College, and completed classical and law studies at the State University. He served as county superintendent for two terms before practicing law successfully.
Milwaukee on February 7 reports Lucia De Rosa a 12 year old daughter of North Chicago merchant David De Rosa vanished from the United States postal station entrance as a curtained dark blue limousine with a factory driver hood allegedly followed by threats to her father. Sisters Mary 19 and Lucia's disappearance spurred fears of kidnapping.
A state department report transmitted to Congress by President Taft exposes brutal abuses of Putumayo Indians in Peru by the Peruvian Amazon Company. It outlines flogging, mutilation, stocks, and peonage-driven forced labor under remote overseers with little to no government accountability. It notes widespread scars and a system exploiting native and white laborers alike.
WashingtonFebruary 7 Senate committee on interoceanic canal suspended action on the Root amendment to repeal the free passage provision until Senator Root is heard in support. Committees to reconvene next week.
The Black Hawk County Bar association elected Alfred Longley as President A G Reid as Vice President E J Wenner as Secretary and Carleton Sias as Treasurer at yesterday afternoon’s meeting The former president was ex Senator O B Courtright The group seeks relief from calendar congestion and plans to appoint a three member committee to discuss redistricting with the legislative committee urging a smaller district or another judge.
The Black Hawk County Good Roads association directors will meet this evening in the Ellis to plan a banquet for members at a later date. Committees will be appointed to handle legislative matters and highway improvements for automobile owners in the county. H. C. Hall of Waterloo territory sues for $500 damages for injuries to a foot, alleging negligence by an Alinda Central employee after a heavy trunk fell from a baggage truck at the passenger station on December 9.
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