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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
6
Five policemen and many workers were injured in a riot in Dusseldorf as unionists and mine owners appeal for troops. The United Mine Workers and American operators meet tomorrow as they discuss the demands which officials are expected to refuse. A brighter situation is reported in the English coal war.
May 12 Berlin reports heavy clashes as 2,090 striking coal miners attacked police in guards in six coal districts. Police used sabers. several injured, casualties not tallied. Calls for troops emerge while owners and unions plan talks tomorrow.
British miners and coal owners held a three and a half hour conference at the Foreign Office under Premier Asquith. The session showed the long standing deadlock broken and negotiations continuing, amid hopes for an immediate settlement though many difficulties remain. The federated district owners accepted a fixed minimum wage in principle, but Welsh and Scottish coal masters resisted the conference with the men on that issue.
March 12 report from New York states chief engineer G W Kittredge of the New York Central Railroad unveils a kissing gallery at Grand Central Station. He pitches it as a controlled space to prevent crowding, with an attendant, soundproof walls, and a Romeo and Juliet room for longer embraces, while keeping quick greetings brief.
Relatives of Master William Lindsay hope Zar Adusht Hanish, leader of Mazdaznan, will testify to the boy's mother returning with him to Philadelphia. The twelve year old's trust fortune with Girard Trust Co is at stake. Mrs Lindsay, known as Vadab, disappeared with her son during a guardianship court case.
In Columbus Ohio William J Bryan argues the recall is an evolution not a revolution. He says recall lets the people decide, contrasting with impeachments before officials. He urges protective laws for women and children and limits on child labor. He calls initiative and referendum useful governance. In Indianapolis, indictments move forward in a dynamiting case, with 46 defendants named.
In St Louis on March 12, plans to preserve the Lewis properties valued over 2 million dollars are discussed as E G Lewis faces federal trial. He heads the Regent committee to bid at the receiver sale and aims to raise funds from stockholders and creditors to buy in the property. Registry shows 38,400 vote to support the Regents committee while 126 oppose.
Salvadorans greet U S Secretary of State Knox with a parade at Campo di Marte and a gala presidential ball in San Salvador as officials aim to strengthen ties amid regional tensions. The visit includes cultural excursions and continued official functions with Mrs Knox and city dignitaries.
Six fishing boats and crews from Yen sela of Na Digse are missing after a foggy gale swept the coast. The Nye St. Joseph is feared scattered with nineteen men aboard. No word has been heard since they set out Saturday morning.
Washington March 12 The U S government signals possible rehearing in the cotton monopoly case as four to three ruling stands Chief Justice White urges congressional action to curb patent power over unpatented articles used in patent machines. Congress acts on bills to curb patentees authority while the House asks DOJ if smelter trusts are being investigated and if prosecutions are contemplated or begun.
Berlin reports severe injuries to Lieutenant Engner of the railroad regiment and Lieutenant Sclmitz of the automobile corps after an emergency landing of a Harlen monoplane during a military observation flight. A Wright biplane pilot provided first aid. recovery for Engner is doubtful.
In Camaguey Cuba on March 12 General Fernandes de Castro addressed a veterans assembly that lasted through the night. He warned that another U S intervention would find Cuba’s veterans ready to fight as against Spain. The gathering called for an official probe into wealth sources of all administration members including the president.
Washington March 12. The supreme court today upheld the right of patent holders to impose restrictions on how the articles they sell may be used or read. The ruling reinforces patent owners power to control downstream use and distribution.
Theodore Roosevelt was drawn as Juror No. 7 in the Carmody railroad damage case in Mineola New York but was excused by counsel John J Kahsan who argued Roosevelt’s duties as a busy man would better serve society elsewhere. Roosevelt expressed willingness to serve but questioned the need for day after day attendance.
Des Moines March 12 The third municipal primary under the commission form re nominated Mayor James Hanna and nominated Dr. Thomas F. Duhigg for the March 25 city election Hanna received 6674 votes and Duhigg 2458 The four current councilmen were renominated along with four new candidates Socialists showed strength with A. D. Pugh leading the ticket Flora Dunlap a social settlement worker will direct the schools for two years with Dr W S Conkling as the other member chosen.
Geo. J. Simmons and James M. Majors were elected directors and bond issues were approved for a new school building and an addition to an existing school at Ottumwa in the March election.
British gunboats sit ready at Hong Kong while Canton rebels led by Luk press local and provincial authorities. Missionaries ordered to leave as refugees flood toward ships. clashes continue with loyalty troops fighting back and several forts mutinous.
The tank steamer Rosecrans of Associated Oil, leaving San Francisco for Honolulu under Captain Johnson, is ashore on rocks at Gaviota near Santa Barbara, California. A life loss is not yet known. Proceeding from the Merchants Exchange report, details remain unavailable.
Four members of the Dietz family from Cameron County will be tried in Eau Claire on assault with intent to kill charges stemming from the 1908 Thornapple dam battle. Hat tie Dietz Clarence Dietz Leslie Dietz and Almyra Dietz face a single charge with the state alleging active participation. The trial opens March 18 with Sheriff Cylund and Sawyer county deputies involved in the case.
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