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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
8
Berlin reports the Aysha crew from the Emden escape again after reaching Lidd on March 27 covering 800 miles from Hodeida. They fight Arabs near Ilodachas, suffer heavy losses, and aim for Turkey, with their route and fate debated since the Emden’s sinking.
Sioux City April 24 The trial of George Peirce former police chief accused of conspiracy to shield law violators remains undecided as jurors, out since Thursday evening, show an eight to four tilt toward conviction.
Washington reports the German embassy cites reliable sources that a British battleship sustained severe damage in the latest Zeppelin raid over the Pi ny.
New high power Telefunken wireless station at Sayville L I nearly triples output from 35 kilowatts to 100 kilowatts. Three 600 foot towers prepared to host aerials as German government expands official transmissions to the United States amid wartime conditions. Equipment largely made in Germany since the war began and shipped via Dutch steamer. Washington agents have inspected the plant and a license is expected when operational.
New York April 24 Harry K Thaw awoke to learn he must await the appellate division of the supreme court before a hearing on his sanity trial. Attorney General Woodbury said the state would seek a writ of prohibition, contesting Justice Hendricks power to grant a jury trial on the habeas corpus decision. The May 17 hearing likely postponed by the appeal.
Waterloo Woman's club plans an afternoon meeting to discuss aiding the Belgian relief effort through the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. Mrs. James D. Easton has two hundred canceled meal tickets from Belgian war victims and proposes selling them as souvenirs with proceeds feeding starving Belgians.
London reports a predicted North Sea naval clash amid British shipping restrictions. German high seas fleet has recently been at sea without meeting British forces. Zeppelins sighted along England’s northeast coast but no bombs dropped. likely reconnaissance for the fleet. News from Aegean cites sporadic firing near Dardanelles and Smyrna with a Turkish port Enos landing noted.
Flood relief efforts in the storm damaged districts continued under clear skies. A revised tally lists fourteen bodies recovered and eleven believed drowned missing. Rail service resumed partially and salvaging of wrecked property began amid city wide cooperation by authorities churches and charities. Estimated damage to streets bridges amounts to 200000 dollars and total losses near 1090000 dollars.
Edmund De Wagenaere, a Belgian youth hurt in a railroad accident, has returned from Minneapolis where his artificial limbs were refitted. Funds for his business college education rise slowly, with under $11 left for living expenses and study, prompting the Courier and Reporter to urge greater public aid to cover tuition, room, and clothing costs.
Reports from Trieste describe widespread unrest as many men serve in the army and police detain demonstrators. Authorities convert a school into a jail after overcrowding and close shops to prevent looting. The mayor promises bread and cheap potatoes while Pola stocks siege supplies.
Meager advices from central Mexico indicate Gen. Villa continues efforts to concentrate at Aguas Calientes with troops enough to attack the Carranza army under Gen. Obregon, advancing northward from Irapuato. No official clash or Obregon plan confirmed. Villa seeks garrisons and ammunition amid Europe’s gun demand. Officials sense Carranza losses were lighter than Villa’s, though exact figures are uncertain.
New York April 24 A federal district court judge ruled that a woman has an unquestioned right to ask a man to marry her. In the KI vs Breitung case Max Alitoist sought 250000 for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. The defendant, a Marquette, Michigan, Chicago and New York capitalist, had a daughter named Jillet who wed a gardener and chauffeur without parental disclosure.
London reports the freighter Ruth was torpedoed about 100 miles east of May Island. The Swedish crew, 16 men, were rescued and landed at Leith after the attack on Wednesday while sailing from Leith to Gothenburg with coal. The Prack, a Finnish steamer, was also torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic. crew believed saved.
Paris April 24 Raymond Ruff Schwind, who used the alias Raymond Swoboda, admits he is a German subject. Major Jullien of the Paris permanent court martial reports Schwind was sentenced in Shanghai by the German consular court to two years. He was reportedly moved to Germany to serve the sentence and could not deny prior imprisonment.
A three day deadline is demanded in a Japanese note to China. The dispatch from Tokyo to Hawaii Shimbō states the Japanese cabinet has sent the ultimatum to Kii Hioki in Peking for delivery to Chinese negotiators. The report appears in a Hawaiian newspaper.
Ground recently gained by King Albert's army was lost due to a terrific infantry charge by Teutons aided by gases. English troops counterattacked near the city but were forced to fall back north to save the plank-counter attack, which partly succeeded.
British and Belgian troops clash with Germans along a ten mile front in Flanders near Ypres. German forces push a wedge south of Tilloy and capture ground before British and French counterattacks rally to stabilize the line. Canadian troops recapture guns and take prisoners as Berlin praises the outcome while reporting 2470 prisoners and seized matériel.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa declines a paid invitation to inspect the Muscle Shoals Chattanooga Harriman and Caney Creek river sections as Tennessee River Improvement backers prepare a May 10 junket. critics say it tests lobbying investigations while Kenyon calls it a field for inquiry into pork barrel practices.
A notice stating that if the paper is not delivered to your home by 6 o'clock due to error by the carrier or other causes you should phone 3830 for a copy, and after 6 30 call 2059 for a re-delivery or replacement.
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