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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1917
Page
2
London reports the crew of the American steamship Housatonic has been landed at Penzance after a German submarine warned the vessel. Washington says the incident, with warning and safety provisions, was within international law.
Idaho senators debated an anti alien bill for two hours and appeared ready to defeat it if moved from committee. Governor Alexander told the senate he would delay passage to allow the state department to study the measure and obtain a Lansing inquiry.
At 20 Morris avenue Morristown Theodore F P Gary and his two sons hosted a party where seven or eight couples danced to music transmitted by radio from High Bridge Manhattan via a phonograph horn. Amateur engineers used Lee de Forest audion and Armstrong amplifier devices with a De Forest receiver to relay the sound to the Gary household.
A soda bottle sealed with a Spring normal school student list from Martville Missouri was found and returned by a Raleigh crew member in Panama after the ship touched San Francisco. The letter to Opal Pope confirms the list’s recovery and travel.
The Army camps in Columbus New Mexico lit up with news of the diplomatic break with Germany. A bulletin flashed to General Pershing on his northward border watch.
Special Order No. 2 requires Company M of the 1st Iowa Infantry to assemble at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday February 7 1917 for a full inspection by Captain Walter T Bates U S Infantry. Uniform olive drab woolens. Personal equipment must be in lockers by Tuesday night.
Vancouver report states the American liner Philadelphia has been sunk near the English coast with about 200 lives lost. Censors blocked further details as the ship bore its name in large white letters. The Ymir, a Norwegian steamship, was also sunk by a submarine with some crew saved.
The Ladies Kensington Club meets Tuesday at 2 pm in lodge rooms with committee members listed. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society gathers at the Methodist Parsonage at 2 30 pm with a 10 cent charge and refreshments. Epworth League meets at 7 30 pm at Mrs Emma Stever’s home with paper drive. Wesleyan Bible Class plans a Turkey supper Thursday at 7 pm. B A Y Club hosts a dance tomorrow night. W C T U meets tomorrow at 3 pm at Mrs J S Gantz’s home.
Harry Gerhardt general secretary of the Brotherhood of the General Synod will lecture this evening at 7 30 at the First English Lutheran church. He is described as a very able speaker and will discuss The Work of the Brotherhood. All are invited to attend and listen.
Z T Moore of Libertyville is in the city on business. Mrs Joseph Robinson recently returned from Des Moines. Mrs E E Rorick has been ill at her South Second Street home for a week. Celia Baker of Ottumwa visited friends in the city yesterday. Arthur Miller and William Trail spent Sunday with friends in Mt. Pleasant. Lucille Allerdice spent Sunday at home in Glendale. James Hammon visited relatives in Galesburg Sunday. Claude Gaines of Mt. Pleasant was here yesterday with friends. Bertha Freshwater and Esther Anderson traveled to Rome Saturday for a visit with Mrs Chas Myers and friends in Mt Pleasant.
Miss Katherine Rauscher of Lockridge is a guest of relatives and friends in the city. Mrs. Frank Baker will return home tomorrow from a visit of several days at Mingo, and Messrs CC W. Wade and A K Harper left last evening for Chicago to speak at the Moody Institute this afternoon.
Catherine Louise Hartman two weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Hartman died this morning at 1 o clock at 406 North B Street after bronchial pneumonia. Private funeral services were held at 4 this afternoon and interment followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
In Larned near Hanston a party led by Bill Hann and John Hann with Mr and Mrs Irvin Seaman and William Warring pursued coyotes in two cars. They used six greyhounds and claimed speeds around forty mph. A big coyote leaped the hood during the chase and was brought down by the hounds. another coyotes was wounded but escaped into a hole later fished out.
Midshipman J B Dow of the Naval Academy demonstrates a wireless reception method using bed springs connected by wires to a receiver. By linking his bed and two roommates beds in Hanecroft Hall, he can receive messages from Arlington station without opening windows or removing bedding, suggesting potential practical value.
The United States navy academy in Annapolis Maryland was closed to visitors on February 5 due to security restrictions.
Tanlac, the National Tonic, is touted as the season’s sensation in U S drug trade. Within nine months of its introduction one million bottles were sold amid claims of success against stomach indigestion catarrh and kidney liver troubles. Fairfeld residents are urged to try Tanlac via Gaumer Bros. Drug Co.
In New York sixteen year old Katie Gottbank sues Julius Kalish Incorporated for 5000 damages claiming facial bleach peroxide damaged her hair. She says part of her hair was lost and remaining strands turned brick red, presenting a box of hair as evidence. Grandfather Carl Weisshar, a barber, was not allowed to testify as an expert.
Mrs George Dewey widow of the admiral visits the White House to deliver resolutions from the women’s section of the navy league pledging unwavering support to President Wilson.
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