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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
A Waterloo director says lowering the rate from 8 to 7.2 percent would barely help borrowers and would extend pay out periods. He notes mutual, low-cost operations with two paid officers, monthly dues of 11.67 on a $1,000 loan, and past higher rates with rapid repayment. Waterloans have spurred home ownership and local growth.
Linn County Veterans Association met at Central City and backed severe actions against agitators. Captain Charles W. Kepler urged hangings, while resolutions called on the state to prosecute coal operators keeping coal prices high. Pro-German agitators and German ministers were urged for indictment and federal prison.
Washington reports Gardner Massachusetts with 15 000 residents runs a municipal canning factory to prevent waste of surplus produce. Seventeen hundred home gardens were planted this spring with a village effort to preserve crops. The Ladies Aid organizes canning schools while state and federal agencies assist with materials and guidance.
Amsterdam report states the Polish People's party calls Poles to halt relations with German Austro-Hungarian occupying forces until Brig. Gen. Pilsudski is freed. The appeal vows not to tolerate the imprisonment of the intrepid freedom fighter.
A Melbourne dispatch reports Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragist, attempting a speech at Adelaide clashed with police and was arrested. Restrictions ban assemblies in parliamentary precincts.
West and North lines face the heaviest cuts in an announced plan to drop trains to conserve coal. Waterloo should see little effect as western and northern systems lead the reductions, with some temporary schedule revisions possible for troop and supply movements. Buckley of Illinois Central notes possible changes, while Rock Island plans to release equipment for government use but expects no impact on local divisions.
Rome Aug 16 The war office reports a hand to hand fight where Italian forces repulsed an enemy party at the head of the Padola valley. Isonzo area air raids targeted Assling in the Savva valley aiming to seize rail and hinder enemy traffic. Explosive bombs and incendiaries were dropped in tandem with a second large bombing flight targeting steel works. The operation achieved very satisfactory results.
Aircraft conducted a bold bombardment with direct hits on some works while other buildings, including the railway station, were set aflame. All planes returned safely after the mission, noted as highly challenging due to its distance from the center of bombardment.
Petrograd's Daily News reports Premier Kerensky denied telling Albert Thomas he personally opposed the Stockholm Peace Conference. He said he supported it and believed delaying it amid Russian advances would benefit Germany. He warned allied opposition would aid the enemy and outlined the government’s stance.
Springfield Illinois August 16 strik ing street carmen await a Detroit representative of the Amalgamated Association to replace Jerry Burnette of Peoria as organizer. The state industrial board asked for a substitute last night as Burnette failed to obtain an agreement. Strikers demand a closed shop which the company will not grant.
New York on August 16 American Defense society asks loyal citizens to form local vigilance committees to curb seditious soap box oratory. Police in 100 other cities urged to join the movement after the arrest of Cleveland Moffett, the author and newspaperman, who confronted a meeting.
Albert Sterner, renowned artist, works on a navy recruitment poster. The lithographing plant prints the designs, transferring the drawing to a heavy stone slab so impressions match the original when produced.
Cutter Shinnal a 24 year old colored man was arrested by deputy U S marshal A P Hoston for failure to register He appeared before U S commissioner J E Dempster was bound over to the federal grand jury After failing to post 1000 bond he was jailed Shinnal said he came from Macon Ga about a month ago and did not know colored men must register He worked as a section laborer for the Illinois Central railroad at the time of arrest.
Mexico City Aug 16 reports say Sub- Secretary of State Ernesto G Perez ordered Ambassador Bowillas in Washington to probe alleged Mexican forced conscription into the U S army. Deputies urged Carranza to act while the chamber decides on adjourning to Sept regular session.
Antonio Rojas, a corporal in the Mexican army, and Ernest Mettales, a Nogales customs employee, were arrested in Tucson in connection with a $60,000 shortage in the Mexican customs at Nogales Sonora. They are jailed pending possible extradition to Sonora after a dispute with their automobile driver led to the arrests.
District board review aims for uniform action on dependency exemptions granted locally. Waterloo and Buchanan County registrants face appeals as government attorneys standardize cases. Local boards certify, deny, and file appeals while mail volume rises with increased exemption claims and depency rulings.
Van Schoyck, after a gyroscopic hip hop in a car, landed upright on a barbed wire fence near St Francis Hospital. The vehicle rolled onto a 39 foot embankment, sustaining major damage while the driver walked a mile to a relative's home for medical help despite painful bruises.
H O Bernbrack, on a mayoral committee with the national defense council, received an anonymous plea to sponsor an inquiry into Waterloo price levels. The writer predicts intolerable conditions and possible unpleasant publicity, claiming the issue outranks conservation in urgency. Bernbrock planned to read the letter fully.
A small bottle labeled freex one promises instant relief for achy corns and hard calluses. A few drops dissolve soreness and shrink the corn or callus so it can be rubbed away with the fingers. The product claims no pain or skin irritation and is sold in drug stores for a few cents.
A meeting of Mayor Law's committees is scheduled for tomorrow night at City Hall. City officials and residents are invited to attend and discuss municipal matters.
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