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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1911
Page
9
Reports from El Paso and Mexico City describe a fractured armistice with a private Diaz resignation pledge reportedly tied to a public pledge. Rebels led by Madero monitor dispatches while awaiting guidance from Mexico City and Carbajal.
A letter from James McKinnie states General Prozier promises C. C. Wilson and A. W. Johnson, Rock Island arsenal workers discharged for their names appearing as candidates in Rock Island city primaries, will be reinstated at once.
Ackley Iowa May 6 Notice of a 50000 libel suit was filed by the Lewis Wisner estate of Eldora against Ira Nichola editor of the Iowa Falls Citizen. The case centers on an editorial comment claimed to have libeled the estate valued at about two million dollars.
The third national peace congress final session in Baltimore Maryland on May 6 discussed “The Interest Which Business Men Have in the Peace Movement.” John Hayes Hammond presided and speakers included John Ball Osborne chief of the bureau of trade relations of the state department Charles E Masonry of Washington and W E Ledoux of Canada.
Pittsburg stores of the Pennsylvania Railroad saw a spread of the strike to the Monongahela division this morning as over 190 men quit. The strikers predicted about 225 additional workers would join them during the day.
Rebels seized Sheklung on the East river sixty miles east of Canton. Authorities moved troops to intercept the advancing force as the situation developed today.
Waterloo doctors will join the Iowa Medical Women at the Hotel Chamberlain program on May 16. Dr. Margaret V. Clark chairs Preventive Medicine. Grace Jerger and Ida M. Scott present topics on infection prophylaxis and ocular nasal hygiene linked to neurasthenia, with Pauline Townsend Hanean and Sophia Hinze Scott also noted. Sophia Hinze Scott presides. Mrs Warren Garst of Des Moines delivers the welcome.
H R Lee physical director of the YMCA is organizing a Sunday school athletic league in Waterloo. Superintendents met Mr Tee last evening to plan. Schools will vote tomorrow on adoption and send two delegates to a Monday 7 45 pm meeting. The atlas team outlines are being prepared.
Charles L. Watson, a Louisville Col., startled Chicago by tossing currency stocks and bonds to strangers at the La Salle hotel. He donated about 20 000 dollars in securities to a man he had not met, then was hospitalized and later moved to Detention Hospital in a nervous condition. Watson, linked to a glass transfer process, is believed overworked and to recover soon.
Violence in Chicago's railway labor conflict widens from downtown to the Calumet area as police investigate a suspected plot by striking maintenance workers or sympathizers to wreck a passenger train. A switch engine discovered ties and old rail iron on the track near Gibson Indiana, likely meant to derail a southbound train, prompting an alert and a guarded state line tower.
Rene Vallon, the French aviator, fell from a great height today in Shanghai and was killed instantly while performing exhibitions to spark Chinese government interest in military aviation. The accident occurred during a public display as Vallon toured the country for six weeks.
Miss Sadie Allen, dressed only in pajamas and bedroom slippers, rode three miles on an owl car in Omaha Nebraska. The car's four young riders and an alarmed conductor watched over her until a policeman arrived and she was awakened with a dash of water at a downtown hotel. She was taken home by taxicab.
In Oelwein Iowa officers seized a Serb couple from DeKalb Illinois as they attempted to elope. The man, a garlothtar to, fled with a married woman and was later released after her husband and officials revealed the facts. Miles City Montana and the husband persuaded the wife to return home and be faithful.
Merchants have subscribed to fund Saturday evening concerts by LaRue’s Waterloo band to lure crowds to Fifth street east. The first concert is tonight amid heavy traffic shifts from Fourth Street. Last Saturday thousands visited the area as electrostor lighting enhances its appeal and new buildings rise between Sycamore and LaFayette streets.
Judge Petit ruled the Illinois Senate cannot compel entry to private ledgers of Edward Tilden, upholding a habeas corpus writ. The decision, reading for about an hour, casts doubt on Helm committee powers after, per testimony, Tilden denied relevance of his records. Appellate review anticipated as Helm attorney gains ten days to file exceptions.
In Denver the fight to pick a successor to the late Senator Hughes Jr. dominates the last day of the Eighteenth general assembly with only one ballot cast in the noon session and a long night session anticipated as the deadlock from prior days likely persists. A Des Moines fire near Arthur threatens business areas, while Iowa Governor Carrol vetoes the Dunlap bill on road safety requiring teams to yield to passing automobiles in the same direction.
Bizarre markings from Buchanan Optical Co provide a cryptic note with the date May 6. The fragment references a cigar price and a Martin’s Standard item, suggesting a catalog or price listing context. The text mentions Syndicate Block and appears to be a damaged OCR segment with stray letters and numbers.
The third annual Iowa Kindergarten Union session closed after two days in Waterloo with about a hundred teachers from across the state attending. Louise Whitney of Dubuque serves as president. Miriam Hoover of Waverly is secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Jeanette Hervey of New York City spoke at the evening session.
Prosecuting Attorney Turner reports that key witnesses for the legislative bribe scandal are missing and may have fled Ohio. Noted sabbutters and a longtime state official linked to the Statehouse are cited as under scrutiny, with potential grand jury summons anticipated.
The Child Welfare League of New York and Miss Norma Schab spoke at a Waterloo convention discussing improving social conditions for city children. Local teachers led a two day program including papers on guiding kindergarten children and a morning play festival with pupil performers in white. Out of town attendees and a formal luncheon completed the event.
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll signed the Clarkson bill providing batter protection for miners and the omnibus bill correcting defects in the reliance laws. These measures complete the legislature's actions.
After two weeks of debate the free list bill to aid farmers faced final day of general discussion in the House. More than ten speeches have been made since last Monday. Democratic leaders promised all amendments would be defeated and the measure would pass. Attention also shifted to statehood for Arizona and New Mexico with a report from the territory committee expected next week.
Christ Pries of Waterloo died at 9 am after a four week hospital stay for surgery to relieve an abscess and stomach cancer. Born July 4 1868 in Knoxville Iowa he had lived in Sumner where he married Laurea Warnecke andid four children survive. Funeral set for Monday at 2 pm at his home. burial in Sumner. He belonged to the M B A. Local travel club delegates depart for Mason City to back two Waterlooans for national posts. Two boys confessed to robbing the O Connor residence last Sunday. J W Marcellus is cited for reckless driving after a collision with a motorcyclist. BR Harrison reports good crop conditions after southern Minnesota trip. Walter R Peterson of Cedar Rapids to visit tonight.
A column laments a threefold division among men of public life, contrasting sincere honesty with corrupt practices and a third grade of dubious honesty aimed at avoiding punishment. It warns that wealth and success used without integrity pose the greatest danger to American ethics.
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