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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
7
Vienna reports Turkey agrees to surrender Adrianople to Bulgaria as part of a European plan for peace with the Balkans. Grand Ottoman council votes decisively in favor of the powers’ proposal, while Berlin greets the news with skepticism.
Trenton N J January 22 Governor Wilson asks legislative leaders to convene a two house conference next Tuesday to present his session program and push passage of the corporation bills He expects no opposition from Democrats who control both houses and hopes enactment before he leaves to assume the presidency Chancellor Edward Walker who drafted the measures is being urged for attorney general in the Wilson cabinet Also included is a temperature report noting a 0 to 1 degree range and a comparison to last year’s 9 to 32 degree span.
Miss Helen Miller Gould married Finley Johnson Shepard at Lyndhurst New York. Ceremony led by Rev Daniel D Russell with Georges Gould and Dorothy Gould as attendants. Pearls once worn by Empress Josephine and a pendant gifted by the groom completed the bride’s jewelry. Less than 100 guests attended including the Gould and Drexel families and close friends. The house and grounds filled with American beauty roses smilax and other flowers for a lavish wedding setting.
A caravan of about 350 Muhammedan pilgrims traveling from Dudia to Mecca fell victim to a deadly flood or storm while encamped midway between Medina and Yembo on the Red Sea coast. The disaster occurred today in Egypt near Shakim, with the entire caravan drowned.
Des Moines Iowa January 22 Senator William S Kenyon of Fort Dodge was notified of his reelection to the United States Senate by a joint session of the Iowa legislature. The joint ballot totaled 96 to 57 with Democrats voting for D W Hamilton of Sigourney. Kenyon pledged to work for the Wilson administration and to act without regard to party, aiming for the greatest good. The session also reelected Robert Henderson as state printer and John M Jamison as state binder in a near unanimous vote for a two year term beginning January 1 1915.
Des Moines Jan 22 Special Representative Bauman of Van Buren county introduces a bill for simultaneous ballot counting with voting. Two ballot boxes and doubled election staff aim to finish results within an hour after polls close, with alternating receiving and counting roles and shifting boxes. Other measures include bonds for supervisors and county road spending control. Heaton’s weights and measures bill tightens penalties for short weights across all transactions under twenty dollars.
The display showcased gifts from relatives of the bride and her friends from the army navy railroad YMCA and Gould family staff. Admiring crowds filled a vast gallery space while purchases and social groups contributed items from around the globe.
Folke E Brandt the ex convict and former valet of Mortimer L Schiff has reached St Paul after a six year jail term for the Schiff burglary. He says he is ready to work at once on a position reportedly arranged by Insurance Commissioner J A Preus with secrecy surrounding the employer. Governor Saylier and Governor Eberhart comment on the case while Senator Nelson seeks placement. Brandt describes the cold as unfamiliar and plans to move to work soon.
The Ross Hamer block in St. Anthony catches fire amid freezing conditions and water shortages. Firemen and residents scramble as the flames threaten adjacent buildings and a large stock of goods. the block houses First National Bank, Consolidated Wagon and Machine, Belk Telephone, and other businesses. The structure is described as doomed as fire spreads and crowds flee.
Washington January 22 Advocates of free passage for American ships through the Panama canal push to block the Root amendment repealing the American exemption. Senator Root argues for change while Senators O Gorman Newlands and others defend treaty rights and free traffic, splitting Democratic factions in both houses as a new battle looms.
Fragmentary OCR notes from Rexburg fire department scene describe a special train arrival, clock walls, and references to the First Nation and a bank safe. Details are unclear, names and places are partially legible.
Des Moines June 22 Josephy Byrnes Waterloo deputy state auditor asks if holdover state senate members may receive more than 440 dollars while house members receive 1 dollar. Issue centers on constitutional ban on officials profiting from emoluments voted by themselves. Senators affected include Amer, Tadlutt, Chetae, Cowles, Jow, De Wolf, Dinnexan, Garrett, Towell, Legel, Malmbers, Mattes, Mc Manus, Neal, Schrnp, Smith, Spaulding, Sullivan, Webber, Wilson of Clinton. House members not affected.
The article recounts closing arguments in the Dr Anna Longshore murder case with attorney Fred Morris and defense counsel focusing on her alleged innocence and the harms of convicting her without direct evidence. Prosecution and defense attack Morris’s credibility while detailing Rebecca Shade’s family grief and the doctor’s own dedication to alleviating pain.
New York January hearing resumes into the dissolved steel trust. Theodore Roosevelt and William Corey testify, detailing Standard Oil comparisons and the T C I acquisition. Roosevelt notes awareness of government probes. colonel calls the kimono strike more interesting amid cross examination.
Chicago January 22 The search for Robert Webb continues as State's Attorney Hoyne readies grand jury evidence against Webb Perry and Frank McErlane to push a trial for the automobile bandits. Cassella the sole eye witness conflicts over the fatal fight with Detective Hart at the Wabagah avenue flat.
A. L. Porter of Spokane spoke to the Colorado-Wyoming Lumbermen's Association in Denver on January 22 about the business association and its benefits to individual members. C. Hole of Chicago also addressed the gathering.
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