President Taft to Visit Waterloo in Historic One-Day Stay
Waterloo prepares to welcome President Taft with a 12 hour visit featuring a presidential train arrival at 3 15 pm the Park Avenue crossing and a parade along Park avenue Sycamore and Fourth Street to Lincoln Park. Various officials staff and reporters travel aboard eleven automobiles with a reserved space for the party. If weather permits Taft will give an address in Lincoln Park otherwise in the Waterloo Theatre.
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Tillnois Central Depot
Sycamore
Fourth Street
Lincoln Park
President Taft Meets Kansas Leaders in Topeka Stop
President Taft spent six and a half hours in Topeka meeting state leaders at a country club breakfast and dedicating a soldiers flag pole at Washburn college. He then spoke at the state capitol. From Topeka he went to Atchison and Leavenworth for a large crowd address. In Atchison 35,000 people attended a children’s picnic in Forest Park.
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Taft
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Country Club
Washburn College
Atchison
Leavenworth
State Capitol
Atchison, Kan
Forest Park
Omnibus Falls Into River Near Notre Dame
An auto omnibus with about 20 passengers plunged from the Archeveche bridge over the Seine near Notre Dame in Paris. Five bodies were recovered, twelve survived but unconscious, and the vehicle sank with people inside.
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Waterloo Mayor Urges Modern Depot Facilities
In a letter to the Courier, Mayor J. R. Rector argues Waterloo’s growth requires updated steam rail depots. He contrasts City Street Railway waiting rooms with stagnant steam-road facilities, noting population gains and public demand for better depots. He calls on railroads to recognize Waterloo’s significant freight tonnage and meet public needs promptly.
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J. R. Rector
French torpedo boat incident during maneuvers
Toulon France Sept 27 The torpedo boat destroyer Trident and Mousqueton collided during French navy maneuvers. Mousqueton was badly stove in but reached port with no fatalities reported.
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Generous Gift Funds Ladies Hall at Baptist College
Mrs Eleanor Dir Childs of Waterloo donates 20000 dollars to Des Moines College to erect a ladies hall on campus. The gift, yielding life interest to Mrs Childs, ends with the corpus for the girls’ hall named in memory of her and her husband Edmund S Childs, a memorial on Waterloo home and church service. Mrs Childs, Vermont native, 73, long civic supporter, widow since 1901, has deep Baptist ties and modestly asks no praise.
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Baptist College
John A. Earl
Des. Moines College
Eleanor Dir Childs
Materico
Clerks at Cairo Strike Amid Railroad Labor Turmoil
Cairo Illinois clerks for the Illinois Central walk out as Memphis and Davenport reports describe widespread actions. Non union workers are sent south to fill positions while union leaders prepare after a conference to decide on broader strike action. Firemen in New Orleans join in sympathy with 410 quitting.
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Taft to Stop in Ackley Iowa Tomorrow
Ackley residents will welcome President Taft as his special train is arranged to halt for five to ten minutes between 2 and 3 PM tomorrow in Ackley. The stop was not in the original schedule and may delay the train beyond 3:15 PM as it proceeds to Waterloo.
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United Brethren Conference Gathers In Waterloo
In Waterloo more than 100 ministers and lay members of the United Brethren in Christ met as the Iowa state conference. Turnout is expected to reach 500 to 600 visitors by Sunday. Henry R. Snyder serves as registry clerk and Bishop W M Weekley conducts sessions begun this morning. The conference emphasizes home mission centers in Waterloo, Vinton, Marshalltown and Albia and notes Waterloo’s recent church plant valued at $35,000 with substantial facilities.
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W. M. Weekley
Kansas City
City
State Board of Conference Church Extension
Vinton
Marshalltown
Albia
R. EK. Graves
Conference Debates District Structure For Presiding Elders
Early conference attendees discuss changing presiding elder districts from two to either one statewide superintendent or six districts under the old system. The goal is to balance evangelism, mission fields, and supervision workload.
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Saloon Men Heavily Fined In Minors Case
Three Fort Dodge saloon operators pleaded guilty to selling liquor to minors and were fined 600 dollars each plus 50 dollars attorneys fees and costs by Judge E. Albrook. Sensational testimony was introduced. The individuals named are H. E. Brand John Schumann and F. J. Wesley.
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F. J. Wesley
Germany Accepts French Morocco Proposals
Parle Sept 27 The German foreign minister von Kiderlen-Waechter met French ambassador Cambon at noon in Berlin and informed him that Germany accepted the latest French proposals concerning Morocco.
Mob hails lynching of murderers' father in Dumas
In Dumas Arkansas on September 27, Charles Malpart White, father of two black men who killed Sheriff Preston and Deputy Steil, was lynched near the town this morning. The mob’s action follows the killings and reflects local tensions after the incident.
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Walter L Fisher Addresses Conservation Congress
Kansas City Sept 27 secretary of the interior Walter L Fisher spoke on Conservation and the Public Domain as the third national conservation congress held sessions Henry Wallace Des Moines president announced a Roosevelt letter but content not yet delivered Bryan attended as guest and was to speak in accord with the congress spirit
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Walter L. Fisher
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Third National Conservation Congress
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Des Moines
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Wallace
Massacre fears grow in Tripoli and Malta
Dispatches from Paris and London report Italy demanding Tripoli occupation with a deadline impending. European residents fear a massacre if Italians land. Anglo Maltese appeal for aid as Turkish cabinet moves to strip capitulations rights. warnings Italy will oppose Turkish capitulation terms and seek economic gains in Tripoli.
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Malta
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Strong wind halts Fowler on Sierra summit flight
Emigrant Gap California September 27 Robert G Fowler was forced to stop his transcontinental flight at the Sierra summit as strong winds prevented further progress. He plans to resume later in the day, aided by Smoke Martin's standard cigar.
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