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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
9
John G. Miller of Waterloo, a native of Württemberg, voices sorrow over the European war and the French German conflict. He criticizes royalist aggression, notes the suffering of civilians, and urges sympathy for all German Americans tied to Europe. Miller says allegiance to the United States and hopes for immigrant unity amid war.
The armored cruiser Tennessee, repurposed as a treasure ship, left New York at 9:45 p.m. bound for Europe with gold specie from U.S. banks. Likely head to Falmouth, England, under British permission, coal supplies limit speed to twelve knots, ten days to Europe. Passenger list reportedly includes Ambassador Willard returning to Madrid, plus army and naval officers as observers. On return, accommodations for 200 Americans.
Chicago officials of the Tilmore Central Railroad declare an embargo on grain shipments for Europe from Chicago and intermediate points to New Orleans. Effective immediately the move aims to protect grain owners and shippers as transatlantic shipping is tied up by the war. Elevators in New Orleans are jammed and many grain cars await movement while efforts to secure overseas transport continue.
Henry Dickinson and Arthur Treat, gold miners in California, lure Barker into a vast mine scam. Barker’s attempt to seize the mine collapses when Dickinson and Treat reveal a forged ink that erases their bills of sale. The partners retain the mine after paying $200,000 plus debts, while Barker is ruined.
Prices start upward this morning as supplies dwindle and costs climb. Milk and honey join rising food prices with a nickel per quart milk stand on Fourth Street and a 65 cent to $1 per dozen jump at canneries for pink salmon. A Waterloo report notes an English buyer seeks all available salmon, and freight adds 13 cents per dozen. Flour gains ten cents per hundred, with best grade at $3.30, marking a 31 cent rise in two weeks.
The body of the late Tred Keyes, a native Iowan and former Waterloo resident, will be buried in Nashua. He died in St. Louis July 17 after an operation and meningitis. Born January 5, 1879 at Nashua, Keyes moved to Waterloo at age five, worked at Crystal Ice & Fuel, then Holstein Commission in St. Louis. He married Alice Mermod October 14, 1911 and is survived by his widow, his parents, a sister, and two brothers.
Clerk of the Courts Pettit explains neutrality law allows aliens in the country to avoid forced military service, but permits punishment if they return to their native lands after naturalization. In Waterloo and Black Hawk county many aliens have been or will be summoned for duty in Germany, England, Russia, Belgium or other warring nations. Some seek peace and love America after short residence, while others return as citizens to enlist as volunteers.
Miss Strayer, the visiting nurse, kept busy in July while Miss Webster, the other nurse, was ill. Strayer’s July report shows 36 homes visited, 6 new homes, 32 patients, 2 visits to the sick, 9 recovered, 14 improved, 1 birth, 6 deaths, 2 families given immediate Teller, and a total of 104 visits.
Ralph W. Walker of 1423 Hawthorne Avenue leaves tonight for Memphis Tennessee in the interests of the Cement Slave Silo company. He expects to be gone about a month.
Brick paving on Fourth Street East is to be removed starting tomorrow as Bryant Paving Co. begins laying a concrete base for a new asphalt surface from Franklin to Dane. The work will extend to Washington Street and then Wellington this summer, with the street car line reinforcing rails and concrete base. City Engineer Roby aims to finish Mullan Avenue bridge concrete soon and have asphalt surface within a week, with bridge opening anticipated in about two weeks. Leckington completed a 12 inch concrete wall at Cedar River park’s new artesian well. Classifieds in the Courier remain profitable.
Brussels Aug Germany tests major Zeppelin dirigible over Herve plateau. Belgian gunners with aircraft gun fire explodes the envelope. 26 crew killed. A German plane over Herve fortifications is shot down. The day ends with lights over German lines.
A cricket match opens Sunday at 10 o clock between the married dads and single members of the Sons of St George at Byrnes Park. All English residents are invited to attend the friendly contest. A Courier and Reporter real estate ad seeks a buyer for a property listing.
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