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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1912
Page
7
An overwhelming 1020 vote defeats the Blonde 8005 candidate, triggering a bitter confrontation as the chamber ends with Smoot in attendance. The result prompts appeals for justice amid a charged political clash.
Washington July 13 the senate voted 65 to 28 to unseat William Lorimer of Illinois declaring his 1909 election invalid and citing corrupt methods. Lorimer defended his record amid a tense scene as Tillman paid tribute and supporters and opponents debated the outcome.
Shorty Hutchinson, a veteran painter, survived a wagon accident on Center Street after 41 years injury free. He was thrown from a runaway wagon that passed over his head and left leg, yet he reports feeling proud of the doctors as he recovers with a cane.
Chicago July 12 Municipal Judge Newcomer found Miss Aileen Heppner guilty of perjury in the discredited alienation of affection suit filed by John C. Henning against Clarence F. Funk. He held her in $5,000 bail for grand jury service as attorneys indicated plans to flee and the bondswoman was indemnified.
Forty people were injured and property damage reached thousands when a tornado struck Grand Rapids Michigan on July 13. The city market and adjacent baseball park suffered heavy damage as the crowd panicked and the grandstand roof was scattered. horses were killed and many residents rushed to hospitals.
Louisville July 13 Charles T Rogers longtime Associated Press editor in Louisville is listed in critical condition after a fire in his rooming house. Doctors ordered immersion in a saline bath at 107 degrees to combat gangrene and save his life. Rogers inhaled flames and sustained burns to limbs face and body.
Davenport Indiana July 13 two men killed by a Rock Island train Tuesday night were identified as Charles Workman of Indianapolis and a man named Whitehead whose sister resides in St. Joseph Missouri.
The senate voted 4 to 34 to keep the Panama Canal bill unfinished and refused Britain’s request to hold the bill pending diplomatic negotiations. The effort to advance democratic unity legislation failed.
Adolph Vivas, Nicaragua's consul general in San Francisco, rebutted Manuel Ugarte's charge that the New York loan of 15 million dollars is monstrous. He said a treaty with the United States would shift national debt to New York bankers and place customs under US protection. The agreement, approved by the Nicaraguan assembly but not yet by the US Senate, includes advance funding of 1.5 million and appoints a US-backed customs collector.
The James Black Dry Goods Co plans vacating their Fourth and 83rd street corner to begin new construction by August 1. Workmen will demolish old structures starting August 1, aiming to finish by September 1, with the eight story building to commence then. The project draws interest from patrons as Waterloo’s forthcoming landmark.
Cedar Rapids July 13 Roosevelt Klub formed with 250 members. R M Gibson elected president. George B Douglas, head of the world’s largest independent starch works, among leaders of the new movement alongside many business and professional men.
Kenosha Wisconsin July 13 Mrs E Printz of South Kenosha was killed and many injured as a cyclone swept suburbs. The storm produced a path of desolation with blown houses uprooted trees collapsed barns and ruined crops marking the severest weather in years in this section.
Washington reports quote Senator Bailey blaming fellow partisans for national danger and urging courage to reveal truth. He warns if U S changes accelerate as in the last thirty years, a crisis akin to the French Revolution could arise within thirty years unless Democrats curb exaggeration of evils and act to correct them.
In Atlantic City on July 13 the national Prohibition Party committee re elected official posts after a lengthy all night session. Frances Beauchamp of Kentucky WCTU defeated W J Calderwood of Minnesota to become secretary of the committee.
Nine Russian beet field workers in Eaton Colorado courted the city marshal to decide parentage of their nine infants. The mothers left babies in a baby booth yesterday and fled when the officer arrived. Amazing discoveries followed and all infants will be redistributed among the mothers today.
An 11 year old boy from 225 Ricker Street suffered three weeks of sudden hunger loss and screams before a partial recovery. Doctors found no known disease and he recalls only intense pain. The condition eased with him becoming calm and eating again, while his family reported relief and confusion over the mystery ailment.
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