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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
6
Rudolph Brandenburg stood trial in Davenport district court for the alleged murder of his stepfather Claus Menter during a quarrel three months earlier. Brandenburg said Menter had cruelly treated his mother Mrs Menter, prompting the fatal dispute after he returned from work.
A Chicago police officer reports the body found in a Lockport dam drainage canal matches Elsie Paroubek, a girl missing since April 8. The light-haired child, 5 to 7, wore a red one-piece dress, black shoes and stockings. undertaker signs it as Elsie though positive ID awaits. Also listed: Lauritz C. Nasser of Cedar Falls to wed Christina Erichs of Cedar Falls.
Two carrier pigeons owned by L. Frumet of Chicago were released at the Burlington Daily Gazette office at 7 30 this morning by 5 Cohen who brought the birds from Chicago last night F A Winslow state manager of the American Nobles left for Independence today and will tour Belle Plaine Marion Cedar Rapids and other towns over the next ten days in the Nobles campaign.
In Toledo on May 9 a mob of about 1,000 overwhelmed William Moylan as he sold the Iconoclast near Billy Sunday’s tabernacle. Papers were torn, Moylan fled then was shielded by police. The crowd shouted support for Sunday, paid Moylan for destroyed copies, and police kept order as thousands flocked to the sermon. Converts total 4,164. attendance to date 550,000 with $10,000 collected.
Washington May 9 The farmers free list tariff bill framed by Democrats passed the House of Representatives 236 to 163. Democrats led with 24 Republican supporters, while Mann and Cannon opposed through 154 amendments. Republicans voting yes included Anderson Davis Lindbergh Miller Steenerson Volstead Madison Murdock Anthony Jackson Hanna Helegeson Kent Kopp Lenroot Marge Morgan Norris Roberts Akin Berger. The bill now heads to the Senate where old guard Republicans vow to block it, risking a split in tariff revision support.
A fire alarm at the Metropole Hotel was triggered shortly after noon when a guest discarded a lit match into a container with a small amount of inflammable liquid on the third floor. Fire crews responded but the blaze required little effort from firefighters.
Miss Margaret Van Metre president of Chapter 7 P. E. O. and Mrs. J. Buechele vice president left this morning as delegates to a P. E. O. meeting in Sioux City.
Mrs. Dell Phillips Glazier of Fort Madison presides as the Iowa Grand Chapter meets in Sioux City for a three day convention. Supreme President Mrs. Winona Reeves will address the gathering, with past state officer Mrs. C. O. Lamson and Miss Van Metre visiting Dow City after the convention for the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs biennial May 16-18.
Miss Emma Yockum, sent to the Independence asylum as an incurable epileptic, died there yesterday at age 33. Her ailment was hereditary, and she was buried today in Independence.
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