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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
4
In a letter to Wisconsin Representative Frear Attorney General Gregory says investigations show no basis for reports that German spies poisoned court plaster water or other substances. Most so called broken glass cases are impurities from manufacture or accidental, with no malicious intent found.
Nearly twenty years ago Co. B marched to war against Spain. Helen Gould chapter hosts a 6:30 supper at Memorial hall for Spanish War veterans and families, with talks and a patriotic program to follow. All veterans invited, members of Fred Willier Camp welcome.
Washington D C headline profiles Miss Sarah Field Splint chief of the division of home conservation in the Food Administration. It notes her $1 a year pay and long career shaping daily messages that urged home conservation. The piece praises her work inspiring 11,000 households to pledge by December 1 of 1918.
The annual meeting of mission societies in the Waterloo presbytery will be held Thursday and Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Delegates from 26 societies are expected. Miss Helen Streeter will speak for Home Missions. Mrs William B Allison for Foreign Missions. Banquet and illustrated Guatemala lecture to follow Friday events.
Mrs Frank Wood hosted the Q C club for a social time and sewing yesterday. Happy Hour club met at Mrs J F Cass's home with a 12:30 picnic luncheon followed by sewing. Mmes J C Roaneke and C C Diekman, daughters of Mrs Cags, assisted.
Christ Episcopal church plans a called Ladies' Guild meeting in Lloyd hall at 10 a m to consider cherry bonds of the third issue St Marks Episcopal Altar guild met at W H Bickley home with Miss Alice Bickley hostess attendance large and three guests present Buy Liberty Bonds
Recipes collected by Mrs J S Leeper Castle Hill this week urge replacing wheat flour with other grains to aid the nation. Bran Loaf uses bran milk soda and baking powder. Barley Muffins combine barley and wheat flours with molasses. Steam Brown Bread and Buttermilk Steam Pudding feature sour milk and molasses. Other items include Graham Pudding Corn Flour Pancake and Oat Meal Pudding with nutmeg and raisins.
Los Angeles April 17. Scandal claims point to Owen Moore and the Fairbanks Pickford circle. Moore says he will take a definite course and has a written statement. Mrs Fairbanks confirms a separation and remarks that Fairbanks and a prominent actress confessed a great love.
The New York Times notes fourteen nations stay neutral including Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Argentina, and Mexico with others in the western hemisphere. Spain’s neutrality faces conjecture as German submarines threaten its commerce while Madrid leans pro ally amid internal unrest funded by Wilhelmstrasse. Denmark and the Netherlands fear German actions could trigger invasions.
The article notes a Franco-German split in Sweden with pro ally leanings but fear of Germany. It cites Argentina and Mexico as mixed or neutral, with German propaganda and strikes at railroads to halt grain shipments. It lists Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Haiti Paraguay and Venezuela as other neutrals, totaling fourteen nations still nominally neutral.
A large audience attended the Drama League presentation of The Importance of Henry Barnesa to the public. The Little Theatre hosted a capacity crowd amid frequent applause, praising the troupe’s bold production and the musical program by Miss Helen Davis and Mrs. Warren Gilbert.
A large gathering in the art room resembled a bar association meeting but was a conference of lawyers for and against the foreclosure suit of Moore and Moore against Ernest Webbar-Tug. The proceedings focused on mechanics lien foreclosure and involved many lienholders and their counsel.
Edwards Longley Ransler Smith represent the plaintiff. Defendants include G W Dawson C J Rudolph Reed Tuthill Reed W R Law J E Jordan EK J Wenner J W Are buckla Pleketh Swinker Farwell.
A legal notice concerns a foreclosure on a newly erected block on Milberry Street near Fourth by Mr. Webberking. The suit references financial measures related to Liberty Bond investments and indicates the case impacts the Nexus area.
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