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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
9
A widespread flood report from multiple Iowa towns describes swollen rivers and ice jams. Descriptions cover East Cedar Falls, Fraser's interurban bridge failure, Des Moines river rise, Cedar Rapids flood damage, and widespread farm flooding across central Iowa, with bridges washed out and homes inundated.
The weekly newspaper under federal inquiry circulated with no sensational statements and did not attack Mayor H. M. Leehriver as promised. Postoffice Inspector Hadsell is due from Chicago tonight to continue the federal probe while coroner and grand jury investigations resume. The city remains quiet.
The Senate rejected the Sherwood dollar a day pension bill and adopted Senator McCumber's substitute based on age and service, increasing annual pension expenditures by about 27 million dollars. The vote on the substitute was 44 to 21 and final passage 57 to 16.
In Columbus the Roosevelt faction loses the first test for control of the Republican state central committees as only four of twenty one members back executive session. Brown, Ohio Roosevelt leader, votes against. In Washington the Roosevelt camp reports 112 convention seats contested with Taft claimed at 274 instructed delegates by Taft managers.
General Simon Bolivar Buckner reaches his ninetieth year on April 1 and marks the anniversary in the birth room where he was born in 1822. His Glen Island estate home in Hart County Kentucky centers a two story log house, with the original Buckner family cabin from 1820 now serving as a living room.
Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, key suspects in the courthouse murders, are believed surrounded on Sugar Loaf mountain as detectives renewed the manhunt. Friel Allen, Sidna’s 11 year old nephew, was captured and said the two vowed they would not be taken alive.
Young’s ocean pier, a 2500 foot seaside feature in Atlantic City N J, burned early today leaving only about 150 feet intact. Loss is estimated at 250000 dollars as flames spread from a theatre dressing room to the stage and toward the sea. Six firemen were injured but the boardwalk was saved.
The Cedar River ice gorge broke near Charles City Iowa carrying out ice from the mill pond. The St Marys Street steel bridge was swept away and the new moving picture and vaudeville theatre suffered damage. Several riverbank families were forced to move as the foot suspension bridge and other structures were damaged. Water levels rose in Cedar River and Cedar Falls with ongoing flood risk.
A large ice floe struck the Fraser railway bridge on the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern line last night. The structure is wrecked and replacement work is not possible soon. Des Moines service is suspended while Fraser sees high water and Lehigh river levels fall after a brief peak.
In Cleveland O March 30 Rudy Unholz the Boer edged Canadian lightweight champion Kid Alberts over ten rounds at the Cleveland Athletic Club. Frank Whitener of Cedar Rapids and Fighting Joe Vigland of New York planned ten, but Whitener prevailed in five after overpowering Hyland.
Reports from Moreland indicate a general settlement mood for the coal strike as talks resume in Philadelphia on April 10 over a new wage pact. Bituminous and anthracite factions have moved toward an agreement, proposing a five cent per ton wage rise, with miners voting largely against resuming work in Lancashire until minimum wage boards set rates.
The eighteenth annual Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association convention in Waterloo concludes amid high praise. Veteran members like Miss Frances Grout helped with entertainment while Supt. A W Chamblin led a strong program. Sessions in the manual training auditorium featured Henry R Pattengill on The Bell Ringers and talks by F A Cotton and Deyoe on rural education and laws Educational Campaign. Widespread approval notes the event as one of the finest in the association’s history.
A. W. Chamberlin was elected president of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers association. He has served as superintendent of Waterloo East schools for three years after moving from Wisconsin. Officers named include Vice President Miss Lillian Lambert, Secretary G. R. Lockwood, Treasurer Thomas D. Irish, and Executive Committee Chairman Robert Rienow.
In Des Moines on March 3, Iowa held thirteen county conventions with ten Republican and three Democratic to appoint delegates to state conventions. Scott County in Davenport was seen as pivotal for control of the Second Iowa district, as the day featured contests in Hancock, Scott, Howard, Plymouth, Dubuque, and other counties.
Springfield March 3 The Illinois House approved the presidential preferential primary bill by unanimous vote. The measure mirrors the Senate version and, once engrossed, goes to Governor Deneen for approval.
Black Hawk county Republicans in Waterloo assembled a 28 member delegation to the state convention and a 28 to the congressional convention, all supporting Senator Cummins for president. The meeting appointed temporary and permanent officers, adopted credentials and resolutions praising Cummins and instructing delegates to push his nomination.
Four persons are missing after nitro- glycerin explosion at the Central Torpedo plant in Tula Oklahoma. Two men had gone for explosives before the blast. Clothing remnants suggest victims were blown to pieces. Two boys fishing nearby are unaccounted for though fish heads were found nearby.
Senator La Follette will campaign in Nebraska for his presidential bid. He has notified local managers and will stay about eight to ten days in April making eight to ten speeches daily in larger towns.
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