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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
7
Freeport reporters describe the Town Criers' Club Special train from Waterloo, Iowa, arriving at 1 P M in Freeport Illinois with a festive welcome, display hats, and an orchestra. Congressman Connolly rides at Dubuque en route to Baltimore.
A four story vacant building on Elston Avenue stretching three blocks along Wade Street burned in a spectacular early morning fire. Loss estimated at $200,000. Residents fled their homes as twenty dwellings on Wade Street were evacuated. One firefighter was severely injured by falling timber.
Edward Dunn a 28 year old Armourdale native was declared the laziest man in the world by a Kansas City Kan municipal court judge. He was sentenced to hammer out a 500 dollar fine in the workhouse after claiming he needed support from his 60 year old rag picker mother.
In Boston on June 4 Frederick E. Atteaux testified in his own defense in the dynamite conspiracy case. His counsel outlined that a blackmail scheme by John J. Breen aimed to frame textile strikers, with Breen allegedly coordinating dynamite placement and Pitman supplying explosives. The defense stressed Breen’s motive after a civil suit and noted only Atteaux’s defense remained as the trial advanced.
Council Bluffs Iowa June 4 A striking crop note from southwest Iowa reports farmers cutting hay while corn remains unplanted. The heavy rains have stalled corn planting, leading to fields where corn is being planted in one plot while hay is cut in the neighboring field, an unprecedented pattern in the region.
Washington June 4. The senate issued subpoenas for nearly sixty men tied to sugar interests as the lobbying inquiry heats up. President Wilson is rumored to have supplied many names for witnesses and the committee plans to question senators after the new witnesses testify. Senator Kenyon of Iowa denounced social lobbying as a corrupting force and urged curbs on entertaining lawmakers.
A suffragette riot at Epsom Derby injured a woman identified as E. Davison believed Emily Wilding Davison. She rushed the course and was struck by King George V’s horse Anmer, later dying or near death. jockey Jones was also severely hurt.
Budapest reports a violent uproar as Premier Ladislaus von Lukacs announced his cabinet's resignation at a sitting of the chamber of deputies. Count Tisza suspended the session and police ejected disorderly deputies, with the house adjourned amid chaos.
Boulder Colorado June 4 The Doctor of Ophthalmology degree originated at Oxford Ireland was conferred for the first time by an American institution at the University of Colorado Dr Gen F F Libby of Denver formerly of Portland Mass received the degree.
London reports an arson attack by a suffraget squad destroying a newly built unoccupied mansion at Westwood near Trowbridge Wiltshire causing over 75000 in damage. A placard reading For damages apply to Runciman was left. Rt Hon Walter Runciman, commissioner of woods forests and land revenues, spoke at Trowbridge last night and several suffrage interrupters were removed.
Washington reports the senate committee investigating the West Virginia coal strike said it would hold hearings as scheduled in Charleston on Tuesday June 10 at 2 p.m. Operators C C Watts and Z T Vinson warned a field probe could renew disorders and trigger a general strike.
Additional state witnesses testified in Cincinnati on June 4 in the trial of Geo H Cox former political leader and Cincinnati Trial Company president and four other bank officers charged with misapplication of a 352 500 note. The state expected to finish its case as the defense prepared to start its witnesses.
Fred Voorhees emphatically contests reports that his wife ingested 4 grains of bichloride of mercury. He says Mrs Voorhees swallowed only two tablets each containing one fiftieth of a grain, while physicians assess her condition and potential recovery.
San Antonio reports Matamoras Mexico surrendered to General Blanco’s constitutional forces at dawn. In Mexico City a contingent of federal troops and artillery heads from Vera Cruz toward Mieticoovas in hopes of retaking the town.
Washington June 4: Finance subcommittees near completion of readjustment with most changes lowering rates. Decreases dominate in chemical, metal, agricultural and sundries schedules, with some increases in cotton yarns and expensive textiles. No general average set yet but expected to fall. committees aim to finish this week and possibly submit before June 14.
The fourth annual convention of the Iowa Retail Harness Makers Association opened in Waterloo with more than 100 delegates. A. C. Riebel presided, dues were collected by J. W. Boden, and cities such as Marshalltown Des Moines Sioux City Cedar Rapids and Burlington entered the race for the 1914 conclave. The afternoon featured an address by Mayor Rea Thompson and election of committees, with about 175 delegates expected by evening and the session lasting three days. A. C. Riebel spoke again and John Catterlin of Winterset was named vice-president. A separate report notes a Fire at State Center destroying the Quaker Oats elevator with $12,000 loss insured.
Chicago June 4 A check for 1 000 000 dollars is the wedding present of Adolphus Busch the St Louis multmillionaire to his granddaughter Miss Lillian Magnus who is to wed Sidney L Borg tonight in Chicago The check arrived at the brides home days ago in an envelope marked not to be opened until Wednesday but the bride could not wait and told her fiancé of the gift after counting the ciphers
Washington reports Attorney General McReynolds proposes a graduated excise tax on tobacco manufacturers to fund reforms after opposing dissolution of the tobacco trust. He weighs seeking congressional action and continues review of Standard Oil, while stock markets react to policy shifts and London prices. Readers note a sharp market downturn and liquidity strain as banks anticipate higher loan costs.
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