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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
9
A severe system caused deaths and injuries in Missouri and Arkansas with trains halted and towns damaged. Reports from Toplar Bluffs and Hoxie cite casualties and widespread destruction as wind and lightning toppled buildings and cut telegraph lines.
Philadelphia reports the state board refuses a temporary medical license to Dr Frederick Friedmann of Berlin who claims a tuberculosis cure. Dr J M Baldy states Friedmann must take state exams to practice here while allowing consulting visits and vaccine demonstrations under hospital responsibility.
Washington March 21 Arrangements were completed for an April 5 breakfast where local society women will meet Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Thomas Marshall. Guests include Mrs Champ Clark and cabinet circle women. Mrs John W Kern will act as toast mistress and an illustrated lecture on The Historic White House will follow.
In Des Moines on March 21 the Senate passed a Thomas of Union bill applying the Moon law to all special charter cities. Licenses in these cities shall expire at one third of the total each year for three years starting July 1, 1913. No new bills were introduced this session, but twelve were passed. The calendar was heavy and the body adjourned for lunch after an hour.
New York March 21 A nation wide interest in Dr Friedrich Franz Friedmann and his alleged turtle vaccine cure for tuberculosis rises. Invitations from governors to visit their states suggest medical laws may be suspended to permit his work. Bellevue hospital hosted a large clinic with over a hundred observers as he administered injections to eleven patients in the left thigh.
In Salt Lake City a revolt erupted at a smallpox hospital after health officials quarantined B R Grable, a leper, on hospital grounds. Grable surrendered earlier after fleeing San Francisco isolation in 1912, claiming a Philippine service background with the First Wyoming infantry, and he has a wife and child in Onden.
A Nome cable reports the whaling schooners Kittiwak and Moras lost after ice and storm. Survivors Sam Gottschalk Gotte chalk Koren Albert Ginder gon Gus Schroeder endured three months subsisting on walrus in huts of stone and ice before reaching Seward peninsula Nome.
Thomas A. Virts, a railway restaurant keeper, shot Charles B. Palmer three miles up the Cedar River after an argument over a borrowed boat. Palmer, bleeding and badly injured, died in hospital. Virts fled after surrendering his hunting license under pressure from Dr Frank Haffa and witnesses. Police hunted him as Palmer’s condition deteriorated.
Chicago dispatch reports Dr. Thomas J. Allen former president of Aurora College and his wife were carried yesterday to Eureka Springs Michigan after a publicity stunt. Allen gained fame for living sixty days on a diet of peanuts while his bride Miss Lalli Suver reportedly lived on apples for ninety two days.
Des Moines reports a surge by senators to push amendments to a roads bill that would extend county board powers over bridge contracts. Senator Allen of Pocahontas spoke with Speaker Cunningham who allegedly backs the progressive road legislation. Opponents of road taxes seek to limit state highway funds to the commission’s contemplated expenditure powers.
New York creditors of Antonio Mustea and son Philip, hair importers held on fraud charges in New Orleans, reported discovering 217 bags of fine hair valued at up to 100000 in a secret Brooklyn stable subcellar. Deputies found the Musica residence stripped of valuables during the writ of attachment.
New York March 21 W A Hall president of a magazine company lost 45000 dollars in negotiable securities in a subway theft. He advertised a reward no questions asked and offered to drop charges if the papers are returned. Hall had just endorsed the papers and placed them in an inside coat pocket when a button was clipped off on stepping off at Grand Central. He recalls three men who jostled him but will not prosecute if returned.
Des Moines March 21 The Republican house members set April 5 as the earliest adjournment date for the legislature with April 12 as the latest possible final session. Leaders hope to finish work in the current week as soon as possible after years of delays. Plans also outline a wrestling match between Stanislaus Zbyscko and Constant Lemarin to be held in Chicago next month if arrangements succeed.
Bryan fully supports President Wilson in changing the policy for the Chinese loan. He notes Secretary Huntington Wilson resigned after the oath, and he believes the country will approve the new administration's stance. Bryan praises Wilson and predicts China will welcome the shift.
Des Moines report states Guy C. Colcord is the man identified by Monroe County Sheriff W. B. Griffin as involved in the murder of Cherokee horse trader Charles Pickard and the Ackley bank vault robbery. Griffin noted a tattooed G C on the suspect’s arm as a key identifying mark after an arrest where the man used the alias Tom Concord.
The Iowa senate passed the Perkins bill to appoint a commission to investigate vice conditions and their relation to wages. A $2,500 appropriation for the investigation was approved. The measure moves to the house, with Gov Clarke authorized to appoint the commissioners who will serve without pay. The panel may subpoena witnesses for a statewide inquiry.
Harrisburg March 21 Governor Tener signs a bill prohibiting false or misleading statements about merchandise securities or services in newspapers periodicals circulars letters or other publications. Violation carries a fine up to 1000 or imprisonment up to sixty days or both.
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