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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1913
Page
5
Congressman Maurice Connolly of Dubuque meets Waterloo Democratic leaders to discuss a Waterloo postmaster appointment. Witnesses say the decision may be announced within a few hours after the meeting.
Chicago market notes butter and poultry with steady receipts and mixed meal items. New York stock closes list numerous railroad and steel names with varied prices and weak to moderate gains across Amalgamated Copper United States Steel and related issues.
In St Louis on June 17 Bell company operators walked out in a strike. Officials say less than half quit, while union leaders claim the strike affected all Ball exchanges. Tensions have risen for weeks and a crisis appeared imminent.
A meeting of the city’s baseball fans is set for this evening at city hall. All fans are urged to attend as preliminary plans for a Cedar Rapids excursion will be discussed and committees formed to organize the trip. Waterloo fans hope to include the Waterloo band, requiring at least 150 fans for a special train, so early arrangements will be necessary.
The five Waterloo Presbyterian churches plan a joint all day picnic at Chautauqua Park tomorrow starting 9 30 AM. A noon dinner follows with coffee lemonade ice cream cups and plates provided. Three baseball games other sports and a musical program are scheduled by a coordinating committee.
Announcement reports a deal completed between A. Asquith and Hare vey Bich securing possession of the bi located at 1417 Fourth. Asquith plans to move in soon, likely by July 1, and Birki is understood to erect a structure in Cedar River park.
Wanesas City Missouri June 17 with more than fifty witnesses ready to tell stories of women workers in Kaneas shops and factories the Missouri wage commission opened its eyes here this morning Representatives of the board of public welfare the council of women's clubs and the woman's trade union league were among those scheduled to appear Hearings will be concluded by Friday
Marcel G. Srinderone Des Moulinais finished the 1000 mile journey from Paris to St Petersburg in 21:25. He flew the final 300 miles in 3.5 hours against a strong head wind. The Russian Aero Club awarded him a silver vase. Moulinais plans to return to Paris by air via Helsingfors, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.
Community updates list several visitors to Waterloo from Dubuque Des Moines Chicago and Albia plus a newspaper note on the funeral of J Sid Anderson held at the First Baptist church with Grand Army of the Republic involvement. The item names individuals and places reflecting a bustling civic scene.
Bert Foreman, 44, a temperate paperhanger and lifelong bachelor, shot himself in the head yesterday and his body was found along the river bank at Independence. No motive is known. Local inquest notes show the nihilistic remark quoted from the Kansas City Journal.
Des Moines reports that the June service bulletin will be issued next week. Henry F F Sampson and Thomas H McDonald will supervise final preparation this week. The bulletin will cover road improvements across the state and follow the previously valuable draft of state road laws. Plans include potential moving pictures of road construction as educational films. The highway commission seeks bids from film manufacturers for the project.
An old mountaineer recalls a Sunday where a hunt for coons ends in a wildcat attack. A woman challenges his beliefs with Bible readings about Daniel and the lions den, leading to a night of injuries, a rattled dog, and reflections on faith and bravado. Linda and Zeb patch the man up, and the couple ends with a reminder to read the want ads for what one might need.
Belle Flugelman of Helena Montana was chosen as Wisconsin's non graduate commencement orator and urged a fuller meaning of freedom. She warned that liberty brings duties and every citizen should raise the community's moral intellectual and physical living standards.
Senator William Alden Smith charged before the Senate lobby investigating committee that the Sundry Civil bill clause shielding labor unions and farmers from Sherman anti trust action was drafted by a labor lobby. He cited Samuel Gompers admitting class legislation and said the bill on the president’s desk was pushed by labor organizations.
Announcement this afternoon states Sam Frank, twelve years tied to Waterloo business interests, sold his interest in the National Clothing store on East Fourth Street to I Levowich. Frank says he has not decided his future plan but will remain in the city for now.
The Aeolian choir, largely composed of Runkel studio students, presented Gaul's cantata Ruth at Grace M. E. church with Prof Kenneth E. Runkel as organist. Solo favorites included Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee by Mrs Annette Yde Lake and My Beloved and My Lord by Miss Beulah Bingham. The Wedding Chorus and Hark Hark the Symbols plus the finale Rejoice for Blessings drew hearty applause. proceeds benefited the church organ fund.
Burlington Hawkeye reports a girl was shot by a boy at a YMCA campfire in Waterloo. The shooter belonged to YMCA campers, prompting a call to disarm children at all boy oriented camps in Iowa. The piece argues weapons are useless to children and dangerous in play.
The thimble bee and supper planned for tomorrow afternoon by the ladies of the First Brethren church are postponed due to the death of J H Hildebrand.
Springfield June 17 Gov Dunne vetoed the Riceman Calumet lake harbor bill. His veto message was sent to the House at 4 PM as that body reconvened to open tha
In the final week of the current general assembly the governor disapproves the project citing vague total expense to taxpayers and unresolved private rights near Lake Calumet. He notes that private rights would be set by the Kleeman bill, whose development would sharply raise land values.
Capt and Mrs James Mellroy of Irwin Ohio leave Creston this morning after a two week visit with sisters Mrs Cushman and Mrs Warren They plan a Northern journey visiting St Paul Winnipeg Portland Salt Lake City Colorado Springs Denver and finally return to Ohio in the fall He is over seventy seven and in good health.
Dispatches from Kobe June 17 say Emilio Aguinaldo’s son is arriving in Tokyo en route from Kobe. He met several Japanese officials and is believed by some to be connected with the Philippine independence movement.
The last word in motion pictures, the talking movie, was demonstrated in Waterloo today. Invented at Menlo Park by Edison, this new creation adds spoken words by the actors to the traditional silent features. The enunciation of the performers is described as wonderfully clear and the overall presentation remarkable.
The pictures are being shown in Waterloo at the Princess theatre on East Fourth street and the management expects attendance records to be broken by people eager to see what the new animal really is.
Victoria June 17 Adjust ment of compasses was all that remained aboard the whaler Karluk before she left with Dr Vilhjalmar Stefansson s scientific and exploring expedition for a three year stay in the Arctic Captain Robt Bartlett former commander of the Roosevelt now master of the Karluk said the ship would steam north through the inside passage to the cross channel and then westward toward Unimak pass the entrance to Bering sea
St. Louis reports that Sherwood Eddy of the Asia Y M C A says missionaries in India are buying young girls by the thousand at 16 cents each to save them from immoral temple lives. The claim was made at the local YWCA.
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