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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
7
Turkiye forces remain unsettled as allied delegates issue a fresh note amid tensions in Constantinople. Naval moves by powers underscore gravity of the crisis and the fragile balance shaping the international response.
The Balkan plenipotentiaries report that negotiations began in London December 16 have been broken off due to lack of reply from the Ottoman side and events in Constantinople. They state the armistice remains in effect until governments decide otherwise.
London dispatch reports Stojan Novakovitch delivering a note to Rechid Pasha as Allied pressure mounts over the Dardanelles and Turkish troops. Germany warns “Hands off all the Turkish possessions in Asia” at a Teutonia Club dinner, pledging aid in Asia Minor.
Denver reports plan to form a 25 million dollar Securities company to control all transportation into and through the Cripple Creek mining district. Allen St Burris travels to New York with Joseph Walker Jr and George N Miller to organize the holding company for five railroads and two mining firms including El Paso Consolidated Gold Mining and Golden Cycle Mining.
Des Moines reports describe a bounty bill for crow killings amid debate over hunting ethics and fish and game committee review. The legislature also moves on direct senatorial elections, a women’s industrial reformary proposal with funding, and road tax petitions.
Des Moines Jan 29 The Iowa lower house endorsed a daylight closing bill cutting saloon hours from 6 am to 10 pm to 7 am to 7 pm. The 12 hour law previously stalled in the last session, and the current house shows strong prohibition support.
Washington reports the Senate campaign expenditures committee will probe Post Office Department activity linked to Taft’s campaign. The panel’s authority now covers spending through November 5, 1912, with Postmaster General Hitchcock and Chas. D. Hilles eyed as first witnesses and others from parties to follow.
Cardinal Farley and Archbishop Blenk will join bishops Norris and Gunn for a four day program in San Juan San Juan marks 400 years since Porto Rico diocese creation in 1513 Spain and Cuba will send churchmen Baltimore traces its origin to 1789 as oldest continental U S diocese the note ends with a garbled year for Baltimore formation
Temperature readings show a minimum and maximum for January 25 with marks from Buchanan Optical Co. The text notes a prior year’s readings with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 17 for comparison.
Eugene V. Debs, three time socialist presidential candidate, released on $1000 bond after arrest on a charge of obstructing justice by corrupting a witness in the government case against Appeal to Reason of Girard Kansas. Bond secured by Theodore Debs and Arthur Tauer commits him to the May term in the Third Kansas district federal court. Indictment returned two months earlier. service delayed due to other dynamite cases in Indianapolis.
In Chicago on December 29 a woman about 68 years old, Mrs Corby, collapsed and died while kneeling in prayer during Mass at Holy Name Cathedral. She had left home with her daughter shortly before and is the mother of Francis N. Corby, a noted real estate and Board of Trade operator.
Secretary James Wilson, retiring after 16 years in the cabinet, will attend a welcome home reception at Iowa State College. A date will be set within a week to ten days after Inauguration Day, with plans for speeches by prominent state and national figures and a response from Wilson.
In New York on January 29 the government nears completion of its case to dissolve United States Steel. Government counsel plan to finish testimony this afternoon with possible further witnesses. For the defense, proceedings may resume in March. Iron ore expert P H Nelson testified on ore leases and royalties, noting Hill ore lands were leased at a royalty of about 46 cents per ton in 1907 versus 45 cents paid by U S Steel to Hill trustees, and that 1909 independent leases reached 1 35 dollars per ton for 2 000 000 tons of ore.
Chicago scene as United States District Judge Landis rebukes federal overreach and refuses habeas corpus in a state court matter. He rejects nullifying Illinois enactments without resorting to state courts. Des Moines report covers Whitney blasting sheriff prisoner board graft in Iowa counties with county board price regulation proposed.
Brown's Mills New Jersey January 29. A two pound baby boy, son of Sergeant Walter Joyce of the Rancocas Poultry Farm, rests in the world’s largest incubator. Nurses and doctors monitor him day and night as prize eggs in neighboring compartments hatch. The infant’s weight rose to two pounds with careful feeding and imminent growth plans.
Women suffrage leaders in Washington on January 29 held a street meeting urging President Taft to grant a holiday on March 2 for government clerks who wish to join the suffrage parade. They rejected the offer to participate in the March 4 in the regular inauguration procession and will march in their own parade.
Topeka Kansas January 29 Wm H Thompson of Garden City Democrat elected United States senator to succeed Chas Curtis by the Kansas legislature in joint session. The vote was practically unanimous. Robinson elected Little Rock Arkansas January 29 John T Robinson Democrat elected United States senator to succeed the late Jeff Davis by the Arkansas legislature in joint session.
Wibbing Minn Jan 29 In an effort to cut open season fatalities the legislature will be asked to pass a bill making it unlawful for naturalized foreign born residents to hunt in Minnesota or to possess shotguns or rifles except in defense of person or property.
The House Ways and Means Committee reviewed the sundries schedule of the Payne Aldrich law, covering items from sunshades to human hair and coal. The last year’s customs revenue reached 26 931 900 dollars, with average ad valorem near 25 percent and total tariff share about 9 percent.
Carl Riedelbach of Salt Lake City, who terrorized the Central police station with an external dynamite device on November 19, was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. The judge said the term could change his mind about dynamite as a social remedy. Officers Browne, Hosick and Fitzgerald were decorated for bravery after ending his brief spree.
President Taft at the White House breakfast observed the initial preparations for his successor's inauguration. Wagons carrying lumber lined Pennsylvania Avenue for the parade stands while laborers work on the setup. A joint resolution appropriating $23,000 was first noted in his offices.
President Taft will deliver a farewell address at the Ohio society banquet in Washington. The talk titled The Rainbow comes down in Ohio will be read alongside remarks by Speaker Clark Representative Cannon and Senator Pomerene. Senator Burton will also offer a farewell review of Taft administration achievements.
Chicago January 20 three chase two taxicabs collided on Washington Park Boulevard injuring nine people. Among the injured are David Klawans, James M Swift, and Dr Schoenhead. Two of the injured are reported in critical condition with possible fatalities.
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