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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1912
Page
7
New York reports say the break with the Gambler Herman Roe enthal murder investigation remains elusive. District Attorney Whitman cites lack of decisive evidence as Teal slayers stay at large and arrests slow. Jack Sullivan to recount his story as authorities push for breakthroughs amid ongoing search.
Emperors health in grave crisis with cabinet ministers at his side. Bulletins show little change with variable pulse and limited nourishment intake. artificial methods and salt solution injections considered to prolong life. Temperature lowered and rest reported later in the day.
The Senate passed an excise bill taxing individuals and firms 1 percent of net income over 5000 dollars. It pairs with tariff proposals and includes amendments by Bacon and Fletcher. Senate action sparks dyeing debates on wool bill conferees and potential deadlock with the House wood bill.
George Hoyt Allen of Clinton withdrew his support after receiving a rubber-stamped acknowledgment from Gov. Woodrow Wilson. He blasts the gesture as deceit and appeals to voters to see through the attempt, calling the stamp a petty personal letter.
Albert Mentzer aged 37 of West Parker street was arrested on vagrancy charges filed by Joseph Klingaman, overseer of the poor, for refusing to work despite city charitable aid to his wife. He is to appear before Judge J. H. Meyers to explain why he detests labor.
A Waterloo pastor advocating thrift describes funding vacations by diverting small daily spends into a savings account. He compares Europe trip costs to tobacco and entertainment expenses, noting how pennies daily accumulate over a year. He urges Americans to curb frivolous spending to enable rest and recreation.
Joseph Fettretch, a prominent New York lawyer, was shot by Joseph Conroy during a protest at Fettretch’s report on a case where Conroy acted as referee. Conroy was wounded after struggling with clerks trying to aid Fettretch.
Chicago reports a jail guards prank misled Choo Foo Horn, a convicted murderer, into believing his death march was imminent. He pled guilty to reduce the death sentence to twenty years, with possible early release after good behavior. Horn had faced charges for the 1941 shooting of merchant Yip Wing at 655 South Clark Street.
Chicago July 27 government filed suit charging Arthur Thomson & Co. shipped apple chops to Des Moines that were filthy and decomposed to make apple pie. 6120 pounds were shipped September 14 1910. Thomson & Taylor Co. also charged with lemon extract defects and Glaser Kohn Co. with mustard concealing inferiority.
Paris reports Porfirio Diaz, previously said to be gravely ill in Mexico City, is seen today with his wife and appears in excellent health. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, urged as Western campaign manager, may visit Gov. Wilson this afternoon as he waves at Asbury Park.
Heavier fighting and more frequent clashes were expected as Red and Blue armies maneuver near Wrenille Wisconsin. Reds retreat yet try to delay Blue advance with firing heard around Tomah today.
Munich reports German aviator Fischer and his mechanic Pugler killed when their aeroplane plummeted from a high altitude. The machine was wrecked, and the cause remains undetermined. Fischer had just passed his examination two weeks earlier.
The Unionist party held a large rally in the courtyard of Helenheim palace with about 3,000 delegates and 20,000 members. The event emphasized differences over home rule and reform as a path to regain power. Delegates were to be chosen in Chicago for the 111th Progressive State Convention, with 1,740 delegates apportioned nationwide including 416 from Chicago.
Washington July 27 A deal between regular and progressive Republicans would pass a sugar tariff bill setting a duty of 1.60 per hundred pounds replacing 1.90. The pact shifts progressive support from Democrats and Lodge attacks cane sugar refiners over beet sugar competition. Also reports that House leaders foresee a naval build program adding one battleship with a likely 4 million gap versus prior costs. The Chamizal tract dispute nears settlement with a US purchase of land from Mexico for about 1 million.
In Boston on July 27 leaders of the progressive party aligned with Col. Roosevelt convened at Faneuil Hall to choose a Massachusetts delegation for the Chicago convention on August 5 and to appoint eighteen presidential electors. State office candidates to be decided later, possibly at a party primary. Frederick Q. Fosdick named temporary chairman of the convention.
In St. Louis Missouri R P Bittner meat dealer was shot twice in the head while driving his auto truck in the wholesale market. Police arrested his son P Bittner near the scene. the two had been estranged. A revolver linked to the father was found nearby.
Kansas City hosts a national elimination balloon race to select three aviators for the James Gordon Bennett Trophy flight in Germany this fall. Entries include Capt H E Honeywell and John Berry, with pilots from St Louis Cincinnati Akron and more. The first balloon is slated to lift at 6 o clock followed by seven more at ten minute intervals. A wedding ceremony accompanies the event as Violet Davis and Dr Mila Wartman wed in a basket prior to the flights.
A special trainload of West Virginia troops is moved from Mt. Gretna to the Paint Creek district amid daily rioting. Miners hidden in strongholds threaten to shoot every guard before peace is restored as guards limit patrols to squads.
Texas Democrats hold primary elections to choose a U S senator and nominees for eighteen congressional districts as the new apportionment takes effect. Prohibition splits the field with Morris Shepherd, B Randell and Matt Zollner in the senatorial race, and Oscar B Colquitt versus W F Ramsey for governor.
Yesterday the maximum temperature reached 39 degrees. At 5 p.m. the record shows the day’s high. A year ago today the minimum was 63 and the maximum 92 degrees.
D A Long of Waverly died this morning of pneumonia after a three to four week illness. A Bremer County Bar member since 1890 and State University graduate, he helped promote the Bremer County Fair and led the Waverly Industrial Association. He leaves a widow and son Herbert. London dock strike ends after ten weeks with 560000 workers affected. work to resume Monday.
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