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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
3
Ottumwa reports Elza Cram aged 19 shot and killed his mother then wounded his sister Gladys before dying by his own hand. Relatives say debt worries over an automobile purchase led to a death pact and a letter describes care of the 360 acre farm and the doomed family plan.
Franz Reitter, a German engineer on an irrigation project in Hidalgo, says revolutionists forced him to remove his shoes and serve barefoot. He alleges an attempted shooting after he asked Maderists to retire. Admiral von Hintze demands reparations and indemnity. Mexican government orders an investigation. A companion was killed by a volley. a company warehouse was looted and burned.
Forest City June 26. Twenty three of fifty cowboy citizens slated for the wild west show for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration were arrested after being stopped by the city marshal during a Main street drill. They were taken to the mayor's office amid a large crowd as the case was postponed for a continuance.
Vienna reports from Albania describe a critical situation as Turkey concentrates about 650 000 troops within a day’s march of the Montenegrin border. Charles R Crane of Chicago, arriving from Cetinje via Albania, says Turks devastate districts, kill prisoners and refugees, burn crops and churches, with Albanian women and children caught between advancing wings.
Mr Crane reports 25 000 women and children have fled to Montenegro starving with subsistence boiled tires and gathered forage. New Haven June 28 cool weather worries oyster growers as grounds shelling begins yet no sign of spawn due to cold water. Pacific shipments delayed by late set. Estherville June 28 conductor R F Munson killed at 9 am unloading a piano when it slid off a truck pinning him and breaking his neck.
In Council Bluffs on June 28 J C Gans fired six shots at Goodrich hotel night clerk Dave K Kesler who retreated behind the desk. Kesler wrestled the robber while fifteen patrons lined against a wall joined the Clerk in the struggle as a mob gathered in the street. Kesler was nearly killed but escaped unhurt.
Patrick Eustice lost his balance from the twentieth floor of a construction tower and fell toward the pavement. John Murray, on the nineteenth floor, grabbed Eustice by his blouse and swung him inward onto cross beams on the eighteenth floor, leaving him bruised but alive as Murray resumed riveting.
In Mason City on June 28 Jeanette C. of Austin Minnesota clipped the fence in the first quarter of the third heat of the 2:18 pace injuring her driver Henry Rutherford and herself. Rutherford was thrown over the fence and landed on his head as trailing horses steered clear.
A southbound Chicago Great Western freight derailed near Green Mountain on June 28 due to a broken wheel. Seven cars ditched two carrying furnaces stoves and wire sustained heavy damage. No injuries reported.
Greene June 28 George Mottler was shot by city marshal Ed Yohn and died next morning after resisting arrest on a train. Mottler, reportedly drunk for days, threatened to kill the marshal with a pin as he tried to flee onto the tender. The injury penetrated the abdomen and intestines. Memphis report notes the City of St Joseph disaster raises death toll to seventeen with eight or nine still dying from burns and drownings. An inspector cites possible boiler regulation violations and a federal probe is anticipated.
Mrs Elizabeth Bayliss wife of Rev Edgar Bayliss a Somerville minister serving a three month jail term for libel has become a scrubwoman to support herself. The 60 year old woman works part time scrubbing and laundress duties often in homes of Congregationalists from her husband’s former congregation. Rev Bayliss was jailed for unable to pay a $250 libel fine after a Somerville suit by ex Mayor John Woods over a Fourth of July picnic story. Dr Conrad of Park Street Church Boston hopes to raise $250 to pay the fine with his church pledging $50.
Fire gutted the Lennox Machinery plant in Marshalltown destroying the factory. Officials estimate damages at $112000 and suspect the blaze began in a boiler room slack pile where gases may have formed and exploded. The plant had been operating with a reduced nonunion workforce amid a prolonged strike.
Fishermen from north of Humboldt protest a large cement dam on the east fork of the Des Moines near Dakota City and oppose lack of a fishway. The Northern Iowa Light and Power Co has agreed to notify State Fish and Game Commissioner Lincoln, who will supervise when the fishway is installed at Dakota City and Fort Dodge.
Boston manager P J Donovan filed a protest with President Ban Johnson after a Philadelphia Americans home run by McInnes in a game with Boston. He argued two Philadelphia players were on fair ground when the ball was hit and that umpire Egan should have ruled the hit illegal.
Spirit Lake June 28 The steel hull steamer Sioux City was launched on West Okoboji opposite Arnolds Park yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock amid cheers of thousands arriving by auto and launch. A B Funk spoke and introduced T F Harrington who thanked owner Fred Roff and lake region residents for honoring Sioux City by naming the boat after the city. Harrington's daughter broke a champagne bottle and the ship slid into the water as whistles greeted the moment.
A wild aeroplane romped over the aviation field at Garden City L I for twenty minutes yesterday injuring four people as it spiraled and darted. A crowd watched in alarm as crewman fought to regain control. Authorities await a full report on the incident.
Andre Harpert, an aviator, stepped from a plane with its engine at half speed to adjust a rear plane. He was thrown as the aeroplane lurched, dragged 200 feet, and left with severe bruises after letting go. Mechanics chasing the runaway were knocked aside, three cut and bruised, while the aircraft stayed on the ground.
Willie Brayton, 18, was accidentally shot during a charivari last Wednesday night. Doctors at Omaha Immanuel Hospital report the left eyeball broken and swelling around the face.
Miss Edna Edwards of Cedar Rapids visiting J. Lockwood’s home was severely injured when a buggy overturned last evening. Doctors say she will likely recover.
In Hamilton County Iowa a district court petition filed by McNee and Brown seeks six hundred eight dollars due from R J Perry and Martha Perry with eight percent interest from June 7 1911 on three promissory notes 262.56 50.00 and 65.19 and includes attorney fees and an attachment with W H Perry as garnishee. Defendants must appear by noon on the second day of the October 1911 term starting October 16 1911 at Webster City Iowa or judgment will be entered.
Frani Williams 35 was killed when a bolt struck a big tree as he returned to his buggy at 1443 Main Street. His wife Maude and brother Ralph Williams witnessed the tragedy and saw the tree shattered. Doctors and police worked nearly an hour without reviving him as storms disrupted traffic and caused electrical damage citywide.
Nashua June 28 Miss Louise Miller owner and operator of a large Nashua area farm was struck by an auto while en route to town. The car from Charles City failed to turn out and struck the buggy overturning it and fleeing. Miss Miller suffered serious bruises.
David Loney master mechanic for Ogden Coal company was injured at mine No 1 north of Ogden when his leg was caught in a steel cable. Several bones were broken and the accident occurred yesterday morning.
Hubert Bell aged two, son of Ross Bell of Hayesville, visited J. W. Jones in Hedrick yesterday and drank part of a benzine bottle. He died within an hour.
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