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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
6
U S senator Cummins asks for approval to join an Owa delegation amid concerns over Shams and a pact deemed unjust. The headline notes alleged abuses in the agreement and calls for scrutiny by officials.
Iowa figures clash over Canadian reciprocity with Senator Cummins denouncing the bill as a sham and warning of a 1912 convention fight. The piece also notes resolu tions by the Associated Clubs of Domestic Science backing Dr Wiley and food law enforcement against adulteration.
New York July 19 Health officers in New York and nationwide may be asked to aid in repelling a threatened Asiatic cholera invasion. Five cholera carriers were found among 600 immigrants in quarantine. Dr Doty and Surgeon General Wyman discuss plans for national protection and post quarantine observation to prevent spread.
George Golden of Wickboro fired at an intruder when awakened by his wife drawing a window shade. He killed his wife instead, believing she was a burglar. The shocked husband is under medical care. He had bought a revolver due to recent burglaries in the area.
The fragment lists temperatures and times from midnight to six am, mentioning a 65 degree low and 69 degree high, followed by a note about Gentlemen San Felice cigars and a price for a six cent cigar.
Washington reporters describe tense senate Latimer committee sessions over the Winnipeg Flyer affair. C F Wiehe of Edward Hines Lumber Co is alleged to have donated 10090 to a Lorimer election fund. B A Johnston denies the remark and challenges testimony from W S Gurbess, a Duluth businessman.
Cardiff workers resolved to seal up the port until ship owners recognize the seamen's union. Coal trimmers and other workers quit and the seamen refuse to work even at advanced rates, paralyzing port business.
Attorney General Wickersham addressed the Minnesota Bar Association in Duluth calling for an interstate corporation commission to fix prices for large industries. He argued prices no longer reflect supply and demand and urged government action to curb anti trust violations and maintain legal harmony.
From Livingstone Rhodesia July 19 German District Commissioner von Frankenberg two white sergeants 14 Black police and 20 carriers massacred by the Okarango tribe. Native reports place the scene on British territory noting frontier ambiguity.
In Rattle Creek Michigan George Nelson a former fireman left the hospital after a year of treatment following a Grand Trunk wreck at Durand doctors had said he could not live. More than 400 grafts of skin from friends Miner Olson Floyd and a nurse Ross enabled his recovery and a settlement from the railroad funds supports his return home in Alle gan.
Nine battleships of the attacking mine fleet steamed in from the southeast at dawn near Black Island. They met five torpedo boat destroyers and a dozen submarines defending the enclave. Whether the battleships were sunk or the defenders damaged remains uncertain and will take months to determine.
Mercy the heat wave reaches Alaska as Valdez records 80 degrees on July 19. Glaciers melt and streams swell, forcing local crews to race to save bridges and maintain flood control.
Senator Brown of Nebraska urged support for the reciprocity bill praising Democrats for backing President Taft and ridiculing insurgent Republicans. He warned the tariff plan signals the start of an end to extortionate duties and faulted the Senate for delaying action.
Richard S. Ryan, promoter of the Controller Bay railroad in Alaska, refuses to admit writing the “Dick to Dick” letter. He says he does not know President Taft’s brother and has limited contact with Ballinger. He asserts his firm had no Guggenheim ties and that Alaska land aims were to be improved at their own expense.
Vera Curtis four from Otho died instantly when her ten year old brother, removing a shotgun from its case, fired while the children played in an attic. Mrs Curtis heard the shot from the kitchen and found her daughter died thereafter. Birth announced for Dr. A E Bronson’s daughter in Seymour Iowa, former Waterloo resident Effie Pattison.
8000 visitors flocked to Waterloo to see Barnum and Bailey. Railroads including W C F N and Chicago Great Western ferried crowds from Iowa Falls Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids. The Flying Squadron train from Fort Dodge arrived early and unloads were swift. A court ruling shifted show location to Forest Park addition after discussions with Bown and Bown Ira J Hoover and managers.
Dubois Pennsylvania July 19 Philp Dusch a Brady township resident died within thirty minutes of a honey bee sting. He went to cover a hive when he was heard calling for help by his wife who rushed to his side. He was 63 years old and reportedly had been stung once before.
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