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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1912

Page

10

Leaders of I W W Trial in Salems Murder Case

Salem Mass September 94 Judge Quinn denied parts of the indictment details sought by Ettor Giovannitti and Cartso leaders of the IWW in Lawrence. Their murder trial begins next Monday after delays and pretrial rulings shaping charges and timing.

Salem Mass F. Quinn Joseph J. Ettor Arturo Giovanni Joseph Cartso Is Industrial Workers of the World Lawrence Vital Pulita Wxich Murip Ettor Giovannitti Lawrence Orly Anna Vopizzo Everett Mills Boston Othe Grand Jury

Harlan Attacks Roosevelt Hallmarks As Hypocrite

Topeka Kansas September 24 John M Harlan of Chicago condemned Theodore Roosevelt calling him a hypocrite and a menace to the nation He argued crowds at his speeches resemble circus crowds and that states like Oregon Idaho Utah and Nevada showed cold reception Rede of Minnesota added Roosevelt favors a minimum wage for women but cited backers linked to Perking in New York aiding the claim.

Topeka Kans John M. Har“an Chicago West Roosevelt Great West Taft Col Ringling Brothers’ Circus Roosevelt Hippodrome Oregon Idaho Utah Nevada Mr. Harlan J. Adam Rede Minnesota Col. Roosevelt Alush Fund Perking New York

Pleasantly Located in California in a Pleasant Waterloo

Friends in Waterloo received letters from Mrs B B Smith who went to Los Angeles for a several month stay and described a bungalow filled scene with parlor view of distant mountains and well kept lawns and flowers surrounding the shed house.

Waterloo B&b. B. Smith Los Angeles

Waterloo boxer Archer given light sentence in prize fight case

Jack Archer of Waterloo pleaded guilty in justice court to participating in a prize fight near the Black Hawk county line. He received the minimum sentence of 100 dollars or 30 days in jail, then paid the fine and returned to Waterloo. The incident ends with Archer’s opponent Ketchel unlikely to face further prosecution.

Waverly Jack Archer Waterloo Justice Court Archer Black Hawk Ketchell

Plum Grove farm chosen by Hugh Geiger for his property

In Waterloo an eight pound girl was born this afternoon at 1 30 to Mr and Mrs A E Gibson at their Prospect Hills home. H H Kerr of Des Moines Viavi is in town on business. Miss Jet B Toole and Mr Walter Bowen wed by Justice Frank Knapp Monday evening.

Plum Grove Farm Hugh Geiger A. E. Gibson Prospect Hills H. H. Kerr Viavi Company Des Moines Waterloo Jet B. Toole Walter Bowen Frank Knapp Mae Heyer Quincy Street

Taft to Civil Service Fourth Class Postmasters

Washington Sept 24 President Taft indicated he would issue an executive order placing all fourth class postmasters under civil service once Postmaster General Hitchcock finishes details. He noted $14,000 of them are already in the service and urged Congress to pass necessary legislation. The Post Office plans to implement the parcels post before expanding civil service coverage.

Washington, D. C Taft White House National League of Postmasters Richmond Hitchcock Post Ofice Department

Strike Is Cause Of Legal Tangle In West Virginia

Charleston authority summons all commissioned officers in the martial law zone to a conference in Charleston with the adjutant general and Governor Glassack to devise a plan to reduce the number of soldiers in the field. Federal court’s refusal to entertain proceedings for mine guards imprisoned by the military commission prompts expected mandamus action to release the men until the case is tried in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

Charleston W. Va Elliott Glassack Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Fifteenth Annual League of Town Municipalities Opens

Sioux City Iowa Sept 24. The fifteenth annual convention of the League of Town Municipalities opened in this city today. Sanitation in town cities and taxation reforms will be the most important topics discussed. About 200 delegates are in attendance.

Sioux City League of Towa Municipalities Towa

Decision in Sans Souci cut off case upheld

Judge Charles E. Ransier dismissed the Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute petition to remove fill at the Sans Sourei cut-off. The court ruled existing rulings had been complied with and costs taxed to the plaintiff. The area lies west of the hotel between the bridge and electric park, where earlier fills and a bridge were built by the street railway and the city.

Sans Souel Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute Charles E. Ransier Sans Sourei 11 Electric Park Street Railway Company Chautauqua and Bible Institute Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Street Railway

Plan Big General Strike in Belgium Demands Universal Suffrage

Brussels reports a socialist backed general strike planned for November to press a universal suffrage amendment. An estimated half a million workers will strike for six weeks, involving railways, postal and telecommunication services, mines, docks, arsenals, factories, and workshops. Substantial international backing and funds cover proposed actions, with 40,000 children to be placed in temporary homes in northern France if needed.

Brussels Belgium United States France England Germany Sweden

Girl of Sixties Blamed for Stew Turnbull Sentence

Minneapolis report recalls Charles Turnbull a 78 year old Galena Gazette subeditor in 1859 who received five days in the local workhouse for intoxication. He blamed a Galena woman who promised to wait for him until the war ended but disappeared. He described attending a Galena courthouse meeting with figures like Grant Douglas and Washburne, claiming Douglas said bleeding is better than atrophy.

Minneapolis Charles Turnbull Galena Illinois A. §. Grant Stephen Douglas Horace Greeley Elihu B. Washburne John A. Rawlins Douglas

Hitchcock creates fifteenth railway mail division

Postmaster General Hitchcock announced the creation of the fifteenth railway mail division with headquarters in Pittsburgh. It will handle through mail between New York and Chicago. John M. Maston, previously superintendent of the Omaha division, will lead the new Pittsburgh division.

Washington Hitchcock The Railway Mail Service Pittsburgh New York City Chicago John M. Maston Omaha

Baptists Meet in 41st Annual Peoria Session

Peoria Baptist Association opens its forty first annual session at First Baptist Church with about 140 delegates expected from 12 percent of the church members. Morning talks focus on women missionaries. ministers plan winter religious work during district conference. Rev Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League will speak Wednesday night urging Baptist activism in the state.

Peoria Scott McBride Anti-Saloon League

Goga Gage 1a On Trial Today

Three mismated couples receive papers of release as a jury is selected to hear the Land Company versus James B. Stewart action for 31,100 in commissions. Judge Robert Bonson presides in Dubuque. Also three divorces granted with Ada Maleby Baylor allowed to resume her maiden name. Jury waived in a lumber case with Seippel Lumber Co. vs Bradley. verdict for 1851.90. Commissioners named to partition property in Cunningham case.

John Goss Land Company James B. Stewart W. C. Guy P. Knudsen Clayt. Stahnke Webb White L. E. Losee O. W. Hater J. C. Stearns Lara Nielsen Otto Stumima H. ('. Goodwin L. White August Mixdorf Bill of Exchange Peter J. Seippel Lumber Company A. T Bradley Margaret, Cunningham Thomas Cunningham Houson N. B. Barber H. W. Grout F. P. Keane

Notable family tale of buried gold on Cheyenne river

Pierre Narcelle recounts 19th century fortune buried in gold and silver under cottonwood roots near Chappelle Creek. Floods in 1860-61 washed away banks, despite a protected home 40 feet above water. Indians warned of rising waters as the park flooded. The Narcelje line ends with Joe Narcelje’s death on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

Tierre Seni Joe Narcelje Cheyenne River South Dakota Pierre Narcelle Chappelle Creek Narcisse Joe Cherry Creek Cheyenne River Reservation New York Pierre Fur Company Enid Chappelle Creck Strent Fee Farm Island Horn

Sued to Agent Over Land Deal Sparks Counter Claim

Edward Arthur sues Elmer Mether for $160 commission claiming misvaluation of a New Hartford land trade. Arthur counters that Mether valued the property at 1500 to 1800 with a monthly rent of $9, while Arthur says its value was only 200 and rent 1 to 2 dollars, seeking the差 difference in damages.

Minnesota Edward Arthur Elmer Mether Mether Arthur New Hartford Wether Manly

Mob Held From Assaultant of Girl in Grand Island

A mob of about 200 men gathered at the county jail in Grand Island Nebraska and threatened Jyneh C W Kyttle who had been arrested on suspicion of attempting to attack an unnamed girl. Sheriff Brewer placed deputies on duty and the crowd dispersed without attacking the jail, with the sheriff expressing confidence in defending the new jail.

Grand Island Neb Jyneh C. W. Kyttle Birt Slever Brewer

Pupils of Stock Yards Are Frail

Dr. Caroline G. Hedger told the Fifteenth International congress on hygiene and demography that about half the children in the Chicago stock yards district showed measurable retardation in two local schools. She linked poor health to crowded living, pollution, insufficient food, and stress from taxes and fares, urging scrutiny of industrial wealth that rests on deprived neighborhoods.

Washington, D. C Caroline G. Hedger Chicago International Congress’ of Hygiene and Demography Stock Yards Chicago Stock Yards Hedger Board of University of Chicago

Marines to Santo Domingo After Taft Conference

Acting Secretary Heckman Winthrop announced after a conference with President Taft aboard his private car en route to New York that TAC United States marines will be dispatched at once to Santo Domingo.

Wilmington

Governor McGovern Rate Might Split Wisconsin Progressives

Milwaukee report states Governor McGovern failed to declare support for Taft or Roosevelt. The Wisconsin Progressive Party may respond by presenting a state ticket at today's committee meeting, arguing it is foolish to state a preference when actions reveal intent.

Milwaukee McGovern Taft Troose Velt Wisconsin Progressive Party

Market Summary of New York Stocks Closing Prices

New York stock market close report lists price movements for major issues including Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rock Island Chicago Great Western Northwestern Atchison American Smelting Std Union Pacific Southern Pacific Brooklyn Rapid Transit United States Steel Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific Great Northern and others with varied final figures and notes on trade activity for the day September 24. The listing mentions both common and preferred shares and reflects mixed performance across sectors.

New York Stock Exchange Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Ogre Rock Island Chicago Great Western Northwestern Atchison Union Pacific Baltimore Southern Pacific Brooklyn Rapid Transit United States Steel, Common United States Steel Pfd Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific Great Northern Eleen Abe

Rain Forcings Force Cancellation Of Two NL Games

Philadelphia September 24 The two games between Chicago and Philadelphia to close the National League season in this city were declared off due to rain.

Philadelphia Chicago

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