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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
7
United States officials await Germany to disavow the submarine torpedoing of a liner that sank with two American casualties. If Berlin clears the commander of misapprehension or apologizes, severance of diplomatic relations is unlikely. otherwise tension at the capital rises hourly.
London August 21 report describes Russian field armies fighting desperately to halt German Austrian onrush. Novogeorgievsk fortress fallen. Bielsk captured to the south of Bialystok. Riga naval battle ongoing with limited detail. Submarines active with two Americans missing from the Arabic. Zeppelin shot down near Vilna.
Des Moines August 21 Chicago players dominate the Iowa tennis race with Al Lindauer and Walter T Hayes reaching the semifinals for the final match at 2 pm. Hayes is a three time Iowa champion and critics say the outcome is a toss up between the Chicago rivals.
A recent picture shows Mrs. Francisco Villa, wife of the Mexican rebel leader, at Long Beach California where she spends the summer with her younger sister and baby. Sedéra Villa is seventeen years of age.
Elgin Aug 21 Twelve drivers started the 301 mile Elgin National Trophy race. Ralph De Palma is favored to win with Harl Cooper a strong challenger. Anderson led at 100 miles with fastest lap 1 06 24 and held a narrow two second edge over Cooper at that mark. Prize money totals 3000 for top three with 2000 to winner.
London reports the liner Arabic carried between 10 million and 15 million dollars in American securities for New York. The cargo was insured and Lloyds underwriters and other financial institutions are active in tracing details and arranging claims.
Passengers aboard the White Star Cymric report a 36 hour convoy from Liverpool under British naval protection as German submarines threaten near the approach to New York. Five destroyers escorted, lifeboats prepared, and lights kept out during passage with no discussion of submarine sightings by officials.
The 16-year-old Arthur Lumley confessed to killing Thomas J. Smalley, a wealthy farmer, at Smalley Farm near Boone Iowa. Lumley said he acted to obtain money for his parents and admitted setting fire to the house to conceal the crime.
New York report says Chairman Frank P Walsh and the two year commission proposed confiscating inheritances over one million dollars. The plan would transfer excess fortunes to the government. Members including Professor Commons and Mrs Harriman opposed the proposal.
General Obregon replies to a Pan American peace appeal for Mexico by directing the conferees to Carranza. He states he is transmitting the note to Venustiano Carranza and argues the signers were unaware of the movement's unity and his control over the constitutionalist forces.
Berlin via London Aug 2 1914 Socialist leader Dr Eduard David told the Reichstag that the German people long for peace and that the war should end as soon as enemies are willing to make peace. He urged ending conquest and stated the party favors terminating the war promptly to spare further destruction.
Washington announces ambassador Gerard will be directed to urge Germany to explain the torpedoing of the White Star liner Arabic. Two Americans are reported missing: Mrs. Josephina L Bruguiere and Edmond T Woods. The Arabic was not escorted when torpedoed, according to British authorities.
President Wilson slipped from the White House to Philadelphia for a secret medical visit then walked the streets unmasked. He lunched alone at a hotel, toured downtown, and rode back to Washington in a public train car amid a growing crowd and secret service escort. Master Robert Swan of Norfolk was presented to the president on the return journey.
San Bernardino California August 21 1920s moving picture auditorium opened at Patton state asylum near here to treat insanity. No tragedies will be shown to avoid recalling patients’ causes of insanity.
Ten people are known dead in the St Louis flood and surrounding areas with two missing. Bodies include a white woman and nine Black victims. Nine inches of rain caused levee collapse and widespread ruin across East Alton Wood River Benbow and nearby towns. The storm disrupted crops, transport and wires, with millions in damage.
Italian aeroplanes defeated an Austrian air squadron off the Adriatic coast. Three Austrian machines were downed and their crews either killed or captured. The Italian group forced engagement and returned to base without loss or injury.
Washington reports confirm the British liner Arabic was torpedoed with two Americans lost. Ambassadors Gerard and Page seek Berlin and London reports to determine if Germany acted with hostility, while Wilson and Lansing push measured steps to avoid severing relations.
The notice states a delivery failure due to carrier error or other cause and requests readers to phone 3330 for a replacement copy before 6, after 6:30 call 443 for service. It reflects a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper urgent delivery instruction.
Dispatches report Bulgaria massing 150000 troops on the Turkish frontier. Near Queenstown wreckage washups include a cabin passenger and a steward body, unidentified. London confirms 16 passengers and 21 crew dead on Arabia, total lives lost 37. New York reports American Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere’s body found, per White Star line.
Galveston and the southeast Texas mainland report 200 known deaths from the hurricane. Mayor Fisher says an appeal to the Texas legislature for tax relief is likely to aid the city’s finances. Officials discuss grade raising, filling, and a proposed wall around the Inner harbor as protection. Cleanup accelerates with all available workers deployed.
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